Critical Access hospitals in South Carolina

Critical Access hospitals › South Carolina

South Carolina has 3 Critical Access hospitals. 3 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 8 min.

A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Abbeville Area Medical Center	Abbeville	2 hr 8 min	—
Edgefield County Hospital	Edgefield	1 hr 20 min	—
Allendale County Hospital	Fairfax	not reported	—

Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in South Carolina, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.