Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Cherokee Medical Center?
1530 N Limestone St · Gaffney, SC · 29340
Overview
Beds26
Discharges1,471cost report 2024
Occupancy66%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)204
Cherokee Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Gaffney, South Carolina, operated by Cherokee Medical Center. Cherokee County has 1 hospitals, 3 nursing homes and 1 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Cherokee Medical Center is operated by Cherokee Medical Center, part of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.
- Operator
- Cherokee Medical Center
- Owner group
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
- Ownership type
- Government (hospital district)
- Sources
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Cherokee Medical Center, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $79.3M |
| Operating expenses | $67.8M |
| Net income | $12.9M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 16.3% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $6.9M |
| Charity care cost | $4.7M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $942K |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 4.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Commercial and other 73.9%
- Medicare 23.5%
- Medicaid 2.7%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 28 | $17K |
| Kidney and urinary tract infections without MCC · 690 | 25 | $9K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 23 | $13K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 20 | $15K |
| Renal failure with CC · 683 | 15 | $10K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 203 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 17 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 1530 N Limestone St · Gaffney, SC · 29340
- County
- Cherokee County
- State
- South Carolina
Hospitals in the county1
Nursing homes3
Urgent care centers1
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Atrium Health Cleveland | Shelby | 15.5 mi |
| Spartanburg Rehabilitation Institute, Inc | Spartanburg | 18.8 mi |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | Spartanburg | 19.1 mi |
| Spartanburg Hosp For Restorative Care | Spartanburg | 19.1 mi |
| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | Spartanburg | 22.1 mi |
| Union Medical Center | UNION | 26.3 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · CMS record · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage) · Other published source
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
- Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 420043
- NPI
- 1205307378
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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