These SC hospitals are the safest in 2025, new report shows. See if your hospital is listed
Hospitals in South Carolina are safer than in most other states overall, but they’re not all equal, a new report shows.
The Leapfrog Group — a national nonprofit that has collected and published data on patient safety and quality care for more than two decades — recently released its spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grades. Hospitals were scored with A through F letter grades.
South Carolina ranked fifth among states with the safest hospitals overall, with 47.1% of its facilities earning an A ranking. However, among the 52 South Carolina hospitals, nine received straight A’s. According to Leapfrog, a “Straight A” hospital has earned an ‘A’ Grade for five consecutive grading rounds or more.
Another 15 hospitals earned an A ranking, while 15 got a C and one received a D ranking. Also, one hospital, Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney, was not graded — Leapfrog noted that the hospital declined to respond to its survey.
No South Carolina hospital received the lowest F grade.
“All hospitals should be proud to earn an ‘A,’ but they should not rest on that laurel. Patient safety is a relentless, never-ending quest to put patients first,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO, The Leapfrog Group.
How are hospitals rated safe or unsafe?
Leapfrog grades the safety of hospitals in the U.S. based on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections that kill or harm patients. About 30 measures are used to generate the safety grades.
The grades are assigned using publicly available data. Measures’ scores are calculated using patient responses to a national and standardized survey following a hospital visit.
Below are the nine South Carolina hospitals with the best straight A’s ratings. To view the entire list, click here. To view safety details about individual hospitals, click on the links below.
Safest SC hospitals
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
1304 W. BoBo Newson Highway
Hartsville, SC 29550-4710
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
809 82nd Parkway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572-4607
711 Chesterfield Highway
Cheraw, SC 29520
Prisma Health Baptist Hospital
1330 Taylor Street
Columbia, SC 29220-0001
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital
400 Palmetto Health Parkway
Columbia, SC 29212-1760
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
298 Memorial Drive
Seneca, SC 29672-9443
316 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401-1125
Roper St. Francis Healthcare-Berkeley Hospital
100 Callen Blvd.
Summerville, SC 29486-2807
Roper St. Francis Healthcare-Mount Pleasant Hospital
3500 Hwy. 17 North
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466-9123
Key data trends nationwide
- The top five states with the highest share of Straight A hospitals since spring 2023 are Utah (29%), Connecticut (29%), New Jersey (27%), Rhode Island (22%), and Virginia (20%).
- States with no Straight A hospitals are Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming and Washington, D.C.
- States with the highest percentage of A Grades for spring 2025 are Utah, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, South Carolina and Virginia.
- Utah ranks #1 for the fourth consecutive Safety Grade round, and ties for #1 among states with the highest percentage of Straight A hospitals.
- Washington, D.C. ranks #11 for the percentage of A hospitals for spring 2025, marking a significant improvement after years of ranking lowest among states.
- There are no A hospitals in Iowa, North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
This story was originally published May 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM.
