Lancaster, South Carolina: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What MUSC Health Lancaster 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 44th highest registered nurse average of 49 South Carolina hospitals. It is MUSC Health's, hiring on this site.
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center: common questions
How much does MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center in Lancaster, SC reported an average of $44.06 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 44th 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 MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $27.77 an hour (South Carolina $32.48). Nursing aide hours averaged $16.70 an hour (South Carolina $21.06). Medical assistant hours averaged $20.21 an hour.
What is MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
4 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 80% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 64% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a for-profit hospital (every South Carolina hospital by rating).
Is MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is MUSC Health's, and MUSC Health'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 420036. 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 MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/south-carolina/musc-health-lancaster-medical-center