Gaffney, South Carolina: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Cherokee Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 31st highest registered nurse average of 49 South Carolina hospitals. It is Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's, hiring on this site.
Cherokee Medical Center: common questions
How much does Cherokee Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney, SC reported an average of $51.22 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 31st highest of 49 South Carolina hospitals. South Carolina's hospitals together averaged $52.66 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Cherokee Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $28.36 an hour (South Carolina $32.48). Nursing aide hours averaged $20.53 an hour (South Carolina $21.06).
What is Cherokee Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
2 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 88% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 69% would definitely recommend it. Medicare cut its pay in fiscal year 2026 under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (the quarter of hospitals scoring worst on patient harm). It is a government hospital (every South Carolina hospital by rating).
Is Cherokee Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's, and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in South Carolina.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 420043. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Cherokee Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/south-carolina/cherokee-medical-center