MARY BLACK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - SPARTANBURG, SC

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Addresss:
1700 SKYLYN DR BOX 3217
SPARTANBURG, SC, 29307
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (864) 573-3000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 107.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 280.00
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 11.00
Physical Therapists : 10.00
Registered Pharmacists : 12.00
Respiratory Therapists : 18.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 4.00
Physicians : 99.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.00
Physician Assistants : 5.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 209
Total Certified: 209
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 15
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 18

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anesthesia Services
Chemotherapy Services
Chiropractice Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Physical Therapy Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
South Carolina:

5%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

79%
South Carolina:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
South Carolina:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

12%
Always
Here:

82%
South Carolina:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

69%
South Carolina:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

72%
South Carolina:

72%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
State:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
South Carolina:

16%
Always
Here:

66%
South Carolina:

65%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

21%
South Carolina:

19%
Always
Here:

70%
South Carolina:

72%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
South Carolina:

8%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

70%
South Carolina:

67%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
This Hospital:

87%
State:

85%
No
Here:

13%
South Carolina:

15%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
Here:

7%
South Carolina:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

18%
South Carolina:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

75%
South Carolina:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

4%
South Carolina:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

18%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

78%
South Carolina:

70%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
Here:

47.000%
South Carolina:

36.300%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

6.700%
State:

8.135%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.059%
South Carolina:

0.132%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.005%
South Carolina:

0.030%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

1.900%
South Carolina:

5.834%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,650
South Carolina:

$32,683
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,671
State:

$6,908
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.95%
State:

0.56%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,778
South Carolina:

$24,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,090
South Carolina:

$5,536
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.37%
State:

0.48%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,658
South Carolina:

$18,394
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,751
State:

$4,162
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.01%
State:

0.22%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,968
State:

$21,305
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,943
South Carolina:

$5,477
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.43%
State:

1.44%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$51,572
South Carolina:

$33,087
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,394
South Carolina:

$8,267
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.84%
South Carolina:

0.89%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,151
South Carolina:

$14,149
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,350
State:

$3,700
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.31%
South Carolina:

1.74%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,201
State:

$20,425
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,942
State:

$5,506
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.31%
South Carolina:

1.62%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,075
State:

$65,103
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,787
State:

$14,247
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.78%
State:

0.59%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,608
South Carolina:

$17,205
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,255
South Carolina:

$3,548
Number of discharges: 66
Here:

3.94%
South Carolina:

1.63%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,051
State:

$26,173
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,842
State:

$6,231
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

2.45%
State:

1.89%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,372
State:

$30,946
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,273
South Carolina:

$7,657
Number of discharges: 84
Here:

5.01%
State:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,759
State:

$19,353
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,532
South Carolina:

$4,645
Number of discharges: 54
Here:

3.22%
South Carolina:

1.57%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,118
South Carolina:

$32,244
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,374
South Carolina:

$7,246
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.01%
State:

2.12%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,019
South Carolina:

$21,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,085
State:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.01%
South Carolina:

0.78%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,058
State:

$20,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,596
South Carolina:

$4,791
Number of discharges: 59
This Hospital:

3.52%
State:

3.29%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,908
State:

$16,040
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,133
State:

$4,364
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.78%
State:

0.33%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,601
State:

$22,219
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,235
South Carolina:

$4,696
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.66%
State:

0.18%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,685
South Carolina:

$24,170
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,068
State:

$6,618
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.67%
State:

2.16%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,354
State:

$41,450
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,139
South Carolina:

$11,750
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.84%
South Carolina:

0.73%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,450
State:

$25,826
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,441
South Carolina:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.78%
South Carolina:

0.66%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,341
South Carolina:

$23,914
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,859
State:

$6,628
Number of discharges: 60
This Hospital:

3.58%
State:

3.17%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$50,012
State:

$37,308
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,505
State:

$9,856
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

3.46%
South Carolina:

2.62%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,000
South Carolina:

$16,336
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,993
State:

$4,366
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.37%
State:

1.39%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,761
South Carolina:

$51,948
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,808
State:

$11,885
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.37%
South Carolina:

1.18%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$42,281
South Carolina:

$37,401
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,545
State:

$9,855
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.72%
South Carolina:

0.26%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,231
South Carolina:

$17,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,896
State:

$3,988
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.43%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,687
South Carolina:

$28,774
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,676
State:

$7,460
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

1.79%
State:

1.67%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$62,986
State:

$48,430
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,313
South Carolina:

$13,435
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.95%
State:

1.00%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,430
State:

$21,829
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,186
South Carolina:

$5,374
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.72%
South Carolina:

0.87%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,182
State:

$30,398
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,807
State:

$7,856
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

1.91%
State:

1.08%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,701
South Carolina:

$19,506
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,656
State:

$5,031
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

3.88%
South Carolina:

3.05%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,688
South Carolina:

$37,581
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,785
State:

$7,450
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.31%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$84,237
South Carolina:

$57,557
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,602
South Carolina:

$13,651
Number of discharges: 136
This Hospital:

8.11%
State:

6.17%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$80,166
South Carolina:

$73,080
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,494
South Carolina:

$17,808
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.37%
State:

0.75%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$158,297
State:

$152,247
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$34,862
State:

$41,031
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.84%
South Carolina:

0.53%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,139
State:

$22,604
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,793
State:

$5,307
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.78%
State:

0.59%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,969
State:

$29,017
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,735
State:

$7,652
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.84%
South Carolina:

0.96%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,480
South Carolina:

$17,940
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,037
State:

$4,582
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

3.46%
State:

2.35%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$42,696
South Carolina:

$31,366
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,461
South Carolina:

$8,274
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

1.73%
South Carolina:

1.64%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,684
State:

$27,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,360
State:

$7,002
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.78%
State:

0.57%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,142
South Carolina:

$20,284
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,660
South Carolina:

$5,535
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

1.62%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,612
South Carolina:

$24,367
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,513
State:

$6,649
Number of discharges: 44
This Hospital:

2.63%
South Carolina:

2.67%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,226
South Carolina:

$37,409
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,456
South Carolina:

$10,896
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.07%
South Carolina:

1.70%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,698
State:

$37,466
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,588
State:

$9,677
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.95%
State:

0.75%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$66,397
South Carolina:

$52,031
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,895
South Carolina:

$13,931
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.19%
State:

1.06%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$66,243
State:

$47,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,575
State:

$12,850
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

2.63%
State:

4.32%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,611
South Carolina:

$27,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,675
State:

$7,377
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.25%
State:

1.76%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,988
State:

$19,115
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,510
South Carolina:

$4,489
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.89%
South Carolina:

0.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,622
South Carolina:

$28,571
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,853
South Carolina:

$6,534
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

4.06%
State:

2.56%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,201
State:

$41,412
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,500
South Carolina:

$9,697
Number of discharges: 54
This Hospital:

3.22%
South Carolina:

2.05%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,814
South Carolina:

$19,190
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,195
State:

$4,561
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.21%
South Carolina:

1.17%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$192,572
South Carolina:

$109,431
Average Total Payments
Here:

$27,685
State:

$26,848
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.15%
South Carolina:

1.27%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,441
South Carolina:

$19,835
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,169
South Carolina:

$4,648
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.49%
State:

1.67%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,731
South Carolina:

$20,994
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,450
State:

$4,758
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

2.09%
South Carolina:

1.02%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

90.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.1%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

7
South Carolina:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.4%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

91.0%
South Carolina:

97.7%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

99.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

83.0%
South Carolina:

92.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
Here:

94.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

97.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
South Carolina:

97.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
South Carolina:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
South Carolina:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

96.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

92.0%
State:

95.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

96.0%
South Carolina:

97.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

96.0%
South Carolina:

96.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.9%
State:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.6%
South Carolina:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

14.0%
South Carolina:

12.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.3%
State:

19.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.9%
State:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.2%
South Carolina:

18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.792%
South Carolina:

0.649%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

1.584%
State:

0.536%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.594%
South Carolina:

0.686%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.396%
South Carolina:

0.370%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
Here:

0.396%
South Carolina:

0.238%

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