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South Carolina

19,833 individual providers in 84 specialties, 2024 · 16 metro and micro areas

Market Comparisons are prepared for one specialty in one metro area (or the state's area outside metro areas). View sample report

Individual providers by data year: 2020: 16,787 · 2021: 17,450 · 2022: 18,072 · 2023: 18,887 · 2024: 19,833.

Specialties practicing in South Carolina, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	3,768
Physician Assistant	1,812
Family Practice	1,484
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	1,354
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	1,314
Internal Medicine	1,190
Emergency Medicine	958
Anesthesiology	568
Chiropractic	544
Optometry	438
Obstetrics & Gynecology	417
Diagnostic Radiology	382
Orthopedic Surgery	360
Hospitalist	337
General Surgery	333
Psychiatry	321
Ophthalmology	262
Cardiology	243
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	222
Gastroenterology	205
Neurology	198
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	185
Pulmonary Disease	159
Otolaryngology	155
Dermatology	151
Pathology	151
Podiatry	150
Urology	146
Nephrology	138
Hematology-Oncology	126
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	117
Audiologist	116
Psychologist, Clinical	85
Rheumatology	83
Vascular Surgery	82
Interventional Cardiology	78
Endocrinology	73
Infectious Disease	71
Neurosurgery	71
Speech Language Pathologist	68
Radiation Oncology	63
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	60
Anesthesiology Assistant	55
Critical Care (Intensivists)	54
Licensed Professional Counselor	50
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	45
Allergy/ Immunology	44
Thoracic Surgery	44
Sports Medicine	42
Hand Surgery	39
Pain Management	38
Interventional Radiology	36
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	29
General Practice	29
Medical Oncology	26
Interventional Pain Management	23
Hospice and Palliative Care	22
Geriatric Medicine	21
Pediatric Medicine	21
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	19
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	17
Gynecological Oncology	16
Cardiac Surgery	15
Surgical Oncology	14
Certified Nurse Midwife	11
Hematology	9
Neuropsychiatry	9
Maxillofacial Surgery	8
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	7
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	7
Oral Surgery (Dentist only)	7
Sleep Medicine	7
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	6
Geriatric Psychiatry	4
Preventive Medicine	4
Dentist	3
Marriage and Family Therapist	3
Addiction Medicine	2
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy	2
Medical Toxicology	2
Peripheral Vascular Disease	2
Medical Genetics and Genomics	1
Nuclear Medicine	1
Orofacial Pain	1

Metro areas and non-metro South Carolina, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (crosses a state line)	Metro	2,469	1,423
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	Metro	4,367	2,289
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (crosses a state line)	Metro	10,493	4,918
Columbia, SC	Metro	3,704	1,719
Florence, SC	Metro	915	463
Gaffney, SC	Micro	48	15
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	Metro	4,618	2,285
Greenwood, SC	Micro	405	226
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	Metro	726	282
Murrells Inlet, SC	Micro	216	127
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	Metro	1,497	727
Newberry, SC	Micro	48	23
Orangeburg, SC	Micro	193	87
Seneca, SC	Micro	219	99
Spartanburg, SC	Metro	1,085	536
Sumter, SC	Metro	270	137
South Carolina outside metro areas	Non-metro	375	145

Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in South Carolina; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.

Largest cities in South Carolina

Greenville (3,155 clinicians)
Charleston (2,826 clinicians)
Columbia (2,282 clinicians)
Spartanburg (944 clinicians)
Myrtle Beach (757 clinicians)
Florence (755 clinicians)
West Columbia (751 clinicians)
Anderson (491 clinicians)
Rock Hill (401 clinicians)
Greenwood (373 clinicians)

All 243 cities in South Carolina

Largest hospitals in South Carolina

Musc Medical Center (2,319 affiliated clinicians)
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital (1,891 affiliated clinicians)
Prisma Health Richland Hospital (1,260 affiliated clinicians)
Spartanburg Medical Center (1,148 affiliated clinicians)
Lexington Medical Center (1,051 affiliated clinicians)
St Francis-Downtown (1,016 affiliated clinicians)
Roper Hospital (1,010 affiliated clinicians)
Mcleod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee (971 affiliated clinicians)
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital (939 affiliated clinicians)
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital (935 affiliated clinicians)

All 66 hospitals in South Carolina

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data year 2024. Largest by the count of clinicians.