Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center: labor and delivery in Hartsville, SC
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina that delivers babies. It handled 516 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (152 such births). That is above the South Carolina rate of 25% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.
- 26%First-birth C-section rate
- 516Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 74Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 4 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
1304 W Bobo Newsom Hwy
Hartsville, SC 29550
Darlington County
Call (864) 339-2100 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 26% | 25% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 74 | 219 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 52 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In South Carolina, Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center has the 20th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 34 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- Patient survey summary: 4 of 5 stars
- 65% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 74% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Hartsville
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | Florence | 22 | 36% | 1,891 | Yes |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | Florence | 24 | 23% | 886 | Yes |
| Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital | Sumter | 32 | 31% | 932 | Yes |
| McLeod Medical Center - Dillon | Dillon | 43 | 21% | 206 | Yes |
| Scotland Memorial Hospital | Laurinburg | 46 | 31% | 797 | Yes |
| McLeod Health Clarendon | Manning | 46 | 29% | 372 | Yes |
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