South Carolina emergency room wait times
ER wait times › South Carolina
Across 63 South Carolina hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 40 min — 10 min longer than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Edgefield County Hospital at 1 hr 20 min.
Medians over a full year, for patients treated and discharged rather than admitted. Busy hospitals treat sicker patients, so a longer wait is not by itself a mark against a hospital. How this measure works.
| # | Hospital | City | Median wait | Left before seen | ER volume | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgefield County Hospital | Edgefield | 1 hr 20 min | 0% | low | — |
| 2 | Roper Hospital | Charleston | 1 hr 36 min | 1% | very high | 4/5 |
| 3 | Newberry County Memorial Hospital | Newberry | 1 hr 50 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 4 | Marion Regional Hospital | Mullins | 1 hr 58 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 5 | Cannon Memorial Hospital | Pickens | 2 hr | 1% | low | — |
| 6 | Cannon Memorial Hospital | Pickens | 2 hr | 1% | low | — |
| 7 | Colleton Medical Center | Walterboro | 2 hr 4 min | 0% | medium | 3/5 |
| 8 | Trident Medical Center | Charleston | 2 hr 6 min | 0% | very high | 3/5 |
| 9 | Abbeville Area Medical Center | Abbeville | 2 hr 8 min | 0% | low | — |
| 10 | Grand Strand Reg Med Center | Myrtle Beach | 2 hr 10 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 11 | Coastal Carolina Hospital | Hardeeville | 2 hr 10 min | 0% | medium | 4/5 |
| 12 | Mount Pleasant Hospital | Mount Pleasant | 2 hr 12 min | 1% | medium | 5/5 |
| 13 | Springs Memorial Hospital | Lancaster | 2 hr 14 min | 1% | medium | 4/5 |
| 14 | Conway Medical Center | Conway | 2 hr 14 min | 1% | high | 2/5 |
| 15 | Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals | Columbia | 2 hr 14 min | 0% | very high | 3/5 |
| 16 | McLeod Loris Hospital | Loris | 2 hr 18 min | 1% | very high | 4/5 |
| 17 | McLeod Health Cheraw | Cheraw | 2 hr 20 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 18 | Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley INC | Summerville | 2 hr 20 min | 2% | high | 5/5 |
| 19 | Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center | Hartsville | 2 hr 22 min | 1% | medium | 2/5 |
| 20 | East Cooper Medical Center | Mt Pleasant | 2 hr 23 min | 1% | low | 4/5 |
| 21 | East Cooper Reg Med Center | Mt Pleasant | 2 hr 23 min | 1% | low | 4/5 |
| 22 | Laurens County Healthcare System | Clinton | 2 hr 28 min | 1% | medium | 4/5 |
| 23 | Chester Regional Medical Center | Chester | 2 hr 28 min | 1% | low | — |
| 24 | Laurens County Healthcare Syst | Clinton | 2 hr 28 min | 1% | medium | 4/5 |
| 25 | Georgetown Memorial Hospital | Georgetown | 2 hr 31 min | 3% | medium | 2/5 |
| 26 | Georgetown Memorial Hospital | Georgetown | 2 hr 31 min | 3% | medium | 2/5 |
| 27 | Palmetto Health Baptist | Columbia | 2 hr 33 min | 1% | high | 4/5 |
| 28 | Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | Charleston | 2 hr 33 min | 2% | high | 3/5 |
| 29 | Union Medical Center | Union | 2 hr 35 min | 2% | medium | — |
| 30 | Oconee Medical Center | Seneca | 2 hr 36 min | 0% | high | 4/5 |
| 31 | Kershaw Health | Camden | 2 hr 40 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 32 | Kershaw County Medical Center | Camden | 2 hr 40 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 33 | Upstate Carolina Medical Center | Gaffney | 2 hr 41 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 34 | Aiken Regional Medical Center | Aiken | 2 hr 42 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 35 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge | Columbia | 2 hr 42 min | 1% | medium | 4/5 |
| 36 | St Francis-Downtown | Greenville | 2 hr 43 min | 1% | very high | 4/5 |
| 37 | Hilton Head Regional Medical Center | Hilton Head Island | 2 hr 46 min | 0% | medium | 2/5 |
| 38 | Tuomey Healthcare System | Sumter | 2 hr 50 min | 6% | high | 3/5 |
| 39 | McLeod Medical Center - Dillon | Dillon | 2 hr 50 min | 4% | medium | 3/5 |
| 40 | Hillcrest Memorial Hospital | Simpsonville | 2 hr 55 min | 2% | medium | 4/5 |
| 41 | Carolinas Hospital System | Florence | 2 hr 56 min | 2% | very high | 3/5 |
| 42 | Carolinas Hospital System | Florence | 2 hr 56 min | 2% | very high | 3/5 |
| 43 | Village Hospital | Greer | 2 hr 57 min | 2% | medium | 5/5 |
| 44 | Hampton Regional Medical Center | Varnville | 2 hr 58 min | 4% | low | — |
| 45 | Waccamaw Community Hospital | Murrells Inlet | 2 hr 58 min | 3% | medium | 4/5 |
| 46 | Baptist Easley Hospital | Easley | 2 hr 58 min | 1% | medium | 4/5 |
| 47 | Hampton Regional Med Ctr | Varnville | 2 hr 58 min | 4% | low | — |
| 48 | Spartanburg Regional Medical Center | Spartanburg | 2 hr 59 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 49 | Piedmont Medical Center | Rock Hill | 3 hr 4 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 50 | Piedmont Healthcare System | Rock Hill | 3 hr 4 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 51 | Self Regional Healthcare | Greenwood | 3 hr 19 min | 3% | high | 4/5 |
| 52 | Musc Medical Center | Charleston | 3 hr 25 min | 4% | very high | 2/5 |
| 53 | Greer Memorial Hospital | Greer | 3 hr 28 min | 3% | high | 5/5 |
| 54 | Allen Bennett Hospital | Greer | 3 hr 28 min | 3% | high | 5/5 |
| 55 | McLeod Health Clarendon | Manning | 3 hr 32 min | 8% | medium | 3/5 |
| 56 | Beaufort County Memorial Hospital | Beaufort | 3 hr 41 min | 3% | high | 4/5 |
| 57 | Lexington Medical Center | West Columbia | 3 hr 43 min | 10% | very high | 3/5 |
| 58 | Palmetto Health Richland | Columbia | 3 hr 45 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 59 | Palmetto Richland Mem Hosp | Columbia | 3 hr 45 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 60 | Greenville Memorial Hospital | Greenville | 3 hr 54 min | 1% | very high | 4/5 |
| 61 | McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | Florence | 3 hr 58 min | 4% | very high | 3/5 |
| 62 | McLeod Regional Medical Center | Florence | 3 hr 58 min | 4% | very high | 3/5 |
| 63 | Anmed Health | Anderson | 4 hr 6 min | 4% | very high | 4/5 |
Source: CMS measure OP_18b, published July 2026. Hospitals with too few cases to report are not listed here; they still have a page in the South Carolina directory. Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.