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Hospitals in South Carolina with the lowest serious complications

51 South Carolina hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Prisma Health Baptist, Roper Hospital, Anmed Health. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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51 hospitals ranked in South Carolina by serious complications; 15 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
	National average	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
1	Prisma Health BaptistColumbia, SC · Acute care	0.72, 98th percentile	0.58, 41st percentile	0.44, 46th percentile	1.72, 10th percentile	3.86, 2nd percentile	0.25, 77th percentile	0.09, 76th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Baptist
2	Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · Acute care	0.75, 97th percentile	0.84, 24th percentile	0.22, 66th percentile	0.38, 71st percentile	1.65, 22nd percentile	2.20, 2nd percentile	0.30, 47th percentile	Compare Roper Hospital
3	Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · Acute care	0.77, 95th percentile	0.90, 20th percentile	0.78, 21st percentile	0.84, 41st percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.75, 37th percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Anmed Health
T4	Charleston VA Medical CenterCharleston, SC · Veterans Affairs	0.78, 95th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Charleston VA Medical Center
T4	McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · Acute care	0.78, 95th percentile	0.38, 60th percentile	1.21, 8th percentile	0.90, 37th percentile	—	0.31, 74th percentile	0.08, 76th percentile	Compare McLeod Loris Hospital
6	Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · Acute care	0.79, 94th percentile	0.13, 77th percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	0.64, 55th percentile	—	0.59, 51st percentile	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Spartanburg Medical Center
T7	Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · Acute care	0.80, 93rd percentile	0.73, 30th percentile	—	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.24, 56th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge
T7	St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · Acute care	0.80, 93rd percentile	0.12, 78th percentile	0.30, 60th percentile	1.61, 12th percentile	—	1.21, 14th percentile	0.24, 56th percentile	Compare St Francis-Downtown
T7	Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · Acute care	0.80, 93rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	1.25, 7th percentile	0.33, 74th percentile	0.70, 58th percentile	1.25, 12th percentile	0.13, 72nd percentile	Compare Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital
T10	Columbia SC VA Medical CenterColumbia, SC · Veterans Affairs	0.81, 92nd percentile	1.85, 3rd percentile	0.56, 35th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Columbia SC VA Medical Center
T10	Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · Acute care	0.81, 92nd percentile	0.70, 32nd percentile	0.80, 20th percentile	1.00, 31st percentile	0.97, 41st percentile	0.40, 68th percentile	0.29, 49th percentile	Compare Trident Medical Center
12	MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · Acute care	0.83, 89th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.72, 39th percentile	0.33, 43rd percentile	Compare MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center
13	Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville, SC · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley Inc
14	Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter, SC · Acute care	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.45, 53rd percentile	0.56, 35th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital
15	Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry, SC · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Newberry County Memorial Hospital
T16	Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.58, 42nd percentile	0.43, 47th percentile	0.91, 36th percentile	0.63, 64th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.30, 48th percentile	Compare Lexington Medical Center
T16	Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	—	—	1.08, 28th percentile	—	—	0.30, 47th percentile	Compare Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center
18	Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	—	—	0.22, 79th percentile	—	—	0.70, 13th percentile	Compare Mount Pleasant Hospital
T19	Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	—	0.42, 69th percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Pelham Medical Center
T19	Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown, SC · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	—	—	—	—	1.43, 9th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital
T21	Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville, SC · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Patewood Hospital
T21	Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville, SC · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	—	—	0.67, 53rd percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Coastal Carolina Hospital
T21	Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.79, 26th percentile	0.53, 37th percentile	1.62, 11th percentile	1.15, 36th percentile	0.43, 65th percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
T24	Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton, SC · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	—	—	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital
T24	McLeod Health CherawCheraw, SC · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	—	0.94, 13th percentile	—	—	—	0.81, 9th percentile	Compare McLeod Health Cheraw
T24	McLeod Health ClarendonManning, SC · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare McLeod Health Clarendon
T24	Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach, SC · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	0.73, 30th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	1.28, 21st percentile	—	0.28, 75th percentile	0.12, 73rd percentile	Compare Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
28	MUSC Health Chester Medical CenterChester, SC · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
29	Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney, SC · Acute care	0.96, 51st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.28, 49th percentile	Compare Cherokee Medical Center
30	Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg, SC · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	—	1.29, 6th percentile	—	—	0.69, 42nd percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital
T31	Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville, SC · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital
T31	Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	0.77, 28th percentile	0.18, 69th percentile	0.54, 61st percentile	—	0.28, 75th percentile	0.18, 65th percentile	Compare Self Regional Healthcare
T31	Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, SC · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.42, 69th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital
T31	Hampton Regional Medical CenterVarnville, SC · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Hampton Regional Medical Center
T35	Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley, SC · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	0.70, 32nd percentile	0.60, 32nd percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.54, 21st percentile	Compare Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital
T35	Cannon Memorial HospitalPickens, SC · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Cannon Memorial Hospital
T37	Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant, SC · Acute care	1.00, 35th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.35, 40th percentile	Compare Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center
T37	McLeod Medical Center - DillonDillon, SC · Acute care	1.00, 35th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	1.31, 3rd percentile	Compare McLeod Medical Center - Dillon
39	Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca, SC · Acute care	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	1.02, 11th percentile	2.77, 1st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.16, 68th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
40	MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · Acute care	1.05, 26th percentile	1.52, 6th percentile	0.82, 19th percentile	0.51, 64th percentile	—	0.90, 27th percentile	0.35, 40th percentile	Compare MUSC Health Florence Medical Center
T41	Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · Acute care	1.07, 23rd percentile	1.35, 7th percentile	0.40, 50th percentile	1.68, 10th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.83, 9th percentile	Compare Beaufort County Memorial Hospital
T41	Colleton Medical CenterWalterboro, SC · Acute care	1.07, 23rd percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Colleton Medical Center
T41	McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · Acute care	1.07, 23rd percentile	0.56, 44th percentile	0.41, 49th percentile	1.74, 9th percentile	—	0.81, 33rd percentile	0.49, 25th percentile	Compare McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee
44	Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · Acute care	1.10, 19th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.38, 52nd percentile	1.61, 12th percentile	—	0.89, 27th percentile	0.32, 45th percentile	Compare Conway Medical Center
45	KershawHealthCamden, SC · Acute care	1.11, 18th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	2.97, 0th percentile	—	—	0.66, 15th percentile	Compare KershawHealth
46	Carolina Pines Regional Medical CenterHartsville, SC · Acute care	1.12, 17th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.24, 56th percentile	Compare Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
47	Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, SC · Acute care	1.15, 14th percentile	0.56, 43rd percentile	0.67, 26th percentile	2.51, 2nd percentile	0.75, 55th percentile	0.71, 40th percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Prisma Health Richland Hospital
48	Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC · Acute care	1.21, 10th percentile	0.25, 70th percentile	0.37, 52nd percentile	1.21, 24th percentile	—	0.54, 55th percentile	0.19, 63rd percentile	Compare Aiken Regional Medical Center
49	MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · Acute care	1.27, 7th percentile	0.35, 62nd percentile	0.90, 15th percentile	0.24, 78th percentile	—	0.91, 26th percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown
50	Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · Acute care	1.29, 7th percentile	0.32, 65th percentile	0.19, 68th percentile	0.26, 77th percentile	—	0.97, 23rd percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	Compare Piedmont Medical Center

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).