CMS certification 420009
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
298 Memorial Dr, Seneca, SC 29672
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. 70% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 21 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 36 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 919 completed surveys, 17% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | SC | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 464 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min | 2 h 36 min | 2 h 38 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 21 visits sampled | 4 h 19 min | 4 h 4 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 54,215 patients | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 185 patients | 70% | 63% | 65% |
How Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalThis hospital | 4/5 | 70% | 2 h 36 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Cannon Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Pickens | Not rated | 83% | 2 h | No different |
| Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSame ZIP area · Simpsonville | 4/5 | 71% | 2 h 55 min | 1 better |
| Pelham Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Greer | 5/5 | 85% | 2 h 57 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Self Regional HealthcareSame ZIP area · Greenwood | 4/5 | 72% | 3 h 19 min | 4 better 1 worse |
| Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalSame ZIP area · Easley | 4/5 | 64% | 2 h 58 min | 1 better |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 1,972 cases | Too few cases | 3.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 47 cases | Too few cases | 11.3% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 325 cases | Too few cases | 11.4% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 344 cases | Too few cases | 16.4% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 178 cases | Too few cases | 8.7% | 11.9% |
| COPD 91 cases | Too few cases | 8.3% | 8.6% |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 1.01 likely 0.61 – 1.4 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 46 cases | Too few cases | 3.2% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 26 cases | No different | 174.97 per 1,000 likely 114.07 per 1,000 – 235.86 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,115 cases | No different | 0.57 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.43 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 3,894 cases | No different | 0.18 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.39 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 3,797 cases | No different | 0.32 per 1,000 likely 0.11 per 1,000 – 0.52 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 516 cases | No different | 2.17 per 1,000 likely 0.5 per 1,000 – 3.84 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 144 cases | No different | 1.61 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.32 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 146 cases | No different | 9.61 per 1,000 likely 0.67 per 1,000 – 18.56 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 552 cases | No different | 3.5 per 1,000 likely 1.18 per 1,000 – 5.82 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 119 cases | No different | 5.81 per 1,000 likely 1.6 per 1,000 – 10.02 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 97 cases | No different | 1.69 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 3.2 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 425 cases | No different | 1.21 per 1,000 likely 0.17 per 1,000 – 2.24 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 1.02 likely 0.26 – 2.79 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 2.77 likely 0.88 – 6.67 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.16 likely 0.03 – 0.52 | 1 |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 29 cases | Too few cases | 14.4% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 482 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 436 cases | Too few cases | 20.5% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 199 cases | Too few cases | 20.8% | 20% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 54 cases | Too few cases | 5.7% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 360 cases | Too few cases | 3.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 344 cases | Too few cases | 39.4 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,206 cases | No different | 13.5 per 1,000 likely 10.2 per 1,000 – 17.4 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 262 cases | No different | 1 likely 0.8 – 1.4 | — |
5 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
62 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Hospitalist | 15 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 10 |
| Family | 6 |
| Physician Assistant | 4 |
| Acute Care | 3 |
| Anesthesiology | 3 |
| Pharmacist | 3 |
| Emergency Medical Services | 2 |
| Emergency Medicine | 2 |
| Family Medicine | 2 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 2 |
| Adult Health | 1 |
First 12 alphabetically
Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $490,936
- 2020 $303,056
- 2021 $444,781
- 2022 $0
- 2023 $958,382
- 2024 $998,765
- 2025 $351,935
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $41,875 | 3 |
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $37,594 | 8 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $19,495 | 4 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $10,115 | 9 |
| Debt forgiveness | $9,209 | 1 |
| Education | $1,483 | 2 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | $64,156 | 14 |
| Cook Research Incorporated | $42,626 | 10 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | $40,785 | 8 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $40,000 | 1 |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $29,833 | 2 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | $28,274 | 2 |
| National Marrow Donor Program | $19,495 | 4 |
| Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. | $19,337 | 17 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Assessment of CCM in HF With Higher Ejection Fraction (AIM HIGHer) Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. · NCT05064709 | $63,597 |
| Zenith Fenestrated+ Endovascular Graft Clinical Study Cook Research Incorporated | $42,626 |
| Pounce Thrombectomy System Retrospective Registry (PROWL) Surmodics, Inc. · NCT05868161 | $40,785 |
| A MULTICENTER, PHASE 3, OPEN-LABEL STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFICACY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND SAFETY OF MIRIKIZUMAB IN PARTICIPANTS 2 YEARS TO LESS THA… Eli Lilly and Company · NCT05784246 | $27,650 |
| A Phase 3, Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Acoramidis for Transthyretin Amyloidosis Prevention in the Young (ACT-E… Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. · NCT06563895 | $19,337 |
| A Phase 2, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Dose- Finding, Efficacy, and Safety Study of Tebapivat in Participants With Sic… Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $13,634 |
| A Phase II Study of Tazemetostat in Solid Tumors Harboring an ARID1A Mutation Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc · NCT05023655 | $13,055 |
| 4202-HEM-301 Novo Nordisk AS | $4,650 |
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
Is Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital a good hospital?
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Of the 21 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital?
70% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 919 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 36 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 0% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $351,935 in payments to Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.