Where to Give Birth in South Carolina (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
Data as of 2026-08-13 (CMS hospital data); 09/30/2025 (patient-experience survey end date). Hospital quality & Birthing-Friendly data: CMS Care Compare, released 2026-08-13. Patient-experience data (HCAHPS): CMS, survey period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025. This page does not update automatically — see “How we built this page” below for the refresh cadence.
Medical disclaimer. This page compares publicly reported federal data. It is not medical advice and is not a recommendation of any hospital, provider, or birth plan. CMS does not currently publish a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate, so this page cannot show either — no other source on this page fills that gap. Talk to your OB, midwife, or family doctor about which hospital is right for a specific pregnancy, especially a high-risk one, and ask directly about the hospital’s neonatal/NICU level of care.
South Carolina has 37 hospitals in this comparison that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 29 cities. This page compares those hospitals on CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and their overall hospital star rating. Seventeen hospitals were excluded because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
37
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
36
Birthing-Friendly designated (97.3%)
36
Have a published CMS star rating (97.3%)
1
Not rated by CMS
17 hospitals on South Carolina’s general acute-care/critical-access hospital list were excluded because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor & delivery care.
Every hospital in South Carolina that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma Health Patewood Hospital | Greenville, Greenville County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | Spartanburg, Spartanburg County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley Inc | Summerville, Dorchester County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 83% would definitely recommend |
| Anmed Health | Anderson, Anderson County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Beaufort County Memorial Hospital | Beaufort, Beaufort County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Coastal Carolina Hospital | Hardeeville, Jasper County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Mcleod Loris Hospital | Loris, Horry County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster, Lancaster County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center | Mount Pleasant, Charleston County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Baptist | Columbia, Richland County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge | Columbia, Lexington County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | Greenville, Greenville County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital | Seneca, Oconee County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Self Regional Healthcare | Greenwood, Greenwood County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| St Francis-Downtown | Greenville, Greenville County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital | Murrells Inlet, Horry County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | Charleston, Charleston County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Colleton Medical Center | Walterboro, Colleton County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Kershawhealth | Camden, Kershaw County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 58% would definitely recommend |
| Lexington Medical Center | West Columbia, Lexington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Mcleod Health Clarendon | Manning, Clarendon County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Mcleod Medical Center – Dillon | Dillon, Dillon County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Mcleod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | Florence, Florence County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Musc Health Florence Medical Center | Florence, Florence County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Newberry County Memorial Hospital | Newberry, Newberry County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 5/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Richland Hospital | Columbia, Richland County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital | Sumter, Sumter County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Trident Medical Center | Charleston, Charleston County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Aiken Regional Medical Center | Aiken, Aiken County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center | Hartsville, Darlington County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Conway Medical Center | Conway, Horry County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | Myrtle Beach, Horry County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Musc Medical Center | Charleston, Charleston County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center | Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Piedmont Medical Center | Rock Hill, York County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 49% would definitely recommend |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | Spartanburg, Spartanburg County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Allendale County Hospital | Fairfax, Allendale County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 80% would definitely recommend |
What CMS does not tell you
CMS has not published a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not just for South Carolina, so this page cannot show either number for any hospital listed here. A state-level NICU or perinatal level-of-care listing is also left off this page because it could not be verified against a current, authoritative source for South Carolina.
How we built this page
This list was built by filtering CMS Hospital Type to Acute Care Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, then excluding any hospital whose CMS Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure (SM_7) is marked “Not Applicable (does not provide inpatient labor/delivery care).”
Sources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information and Maternal Health – Hospital datasets, data.cms.gov. File released 2026-08-13. Maternal-health measurement period: calendar year 2024.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient-experience survey, data.cms.gov. Measurement period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025.
