Cherokee Medical Center Reimbursement & Financial Overview
Cherokee Medical Center is a for-profit, short-term acute care hospital in Gaffney, South Carolina, providing inpatient and outpatient care across general medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, and emergency services. As a community hospital serving Cherokee County and surrounding areas, it offers patients access to clinical services, targeted specialty care, and local system resources for diagnostics, procedural care, and care coordination.
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CMS Facility Identification & Reporting Details
CMS facility data for Cherokee Medical Center includes hospital classification, ownership, location, CMS Certification Number (CCN), and Medicare cost reporting period.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Address | 1530 North Limestone Street, Gaffney, SC 29340 |
| County | Cherokee |
| CBSA | 99942 |
| Rural / Urban | R |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 420043 |
| Facility Type | Short-Term Acute Care Hospital |
| Ownership | For-Profit |
| Fiscal Year | Oct 2022 – Sep 2023 |
Cherokee Medical Center Financial Performance & Hospital Financial Data
Cherokee Medical Center’s financial performance provides insight into the hospital’s financial stability, operating efficiency, cost pressures, and capacity to sustain patient care and invest in future growth. These metrics help finance, revenue cycle, and managed care teams evaluate performance, identify financial trends, and better understand the hospital’s overall financial position.
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| Account | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total Current Assets | $9.7M |
| Total Assets | $25M |
| Total Current Liabilities | $7.1M |
| Total Liabilities | $7.1M |
| Total Equity (Fund Balance) | $18M |
| Current Ratio | 1.36 |
| Debt-to-Equity | 0.4 |
Cherokee Medical Center Medicare, Medicaid & Payer Mix
Cherokee Medical Center’s Medicare, Medicaid, payer mix, and community benefit data provide insight into reimbursement exposure, patient coverage trends, uncompensated care, and reliance on government and commercial payers. These metrics help assess payer composition, reimbursement dynamics, financial risk, and the hospital’s overall revenue profile.
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| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Charity Care Cost | $3.7M |
| Bad Debt Expense | $17M |
| Uncompensated Care Cost | $8M |
| Total Unreimbursed & Uncompensated | $8.8M |
Cherokee Medical Center Taxonomy
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| Code | Type |
|---|---|
| 282N00000X [PRIMARY] | General Acute Care Hospital |
Cherokee Medical Center NPI Registration & Network
Explore NPI affiliations associated with Cherokee Medical Center, including connected healthcare organizations, individual practitioners, specialties, and provider network relationships. A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit ID assigned by CMS to healthcare providers. Type 1 NPIs identify individual practitioners, while Type 2 NPIs identify organizations such as hospitals, clinics, and group practices.
Registration Details
NPI registration data for Cherokee Medical Center includes the hospital’s National Provider Identifier, registered business name, mailing address, authorized official, and registration date.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| NPI | 1205307378 |
| Doing Business As | CMC Wound Services, Cherokee Medical Center |
| Mailing Address | Po Box 277723, Atlanta, GA 30384-7723 |
| Phone | (864) 487-4271 |
| Authorized Official | KENNETH MEINKE, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
| Authorized Official Phone | (864) 560-6000 |
| NPI Registered Since | Dec 16, 2018 |
NPI Network
Organizations and individual practitioners affiliated with Cherokee Medical Center's Tax Identification Number (TIN), as registered in the NPPES database.
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| NPI Type 2 | Organization | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1285026765 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | GAFFNEY | SC |
| 1285275305 | CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER | GAFFNEY | SC |
| 1396129201 | UNION MEDICAL CENTER | UNION | SC |
| 1396798146 | WOMANS CLINIC PA | SPARTANBURG | SC |
| 1013781400 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | SPARTANBURG | SC |
| 1407951221 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | SPARTANBURG | SC |
| 1770943342 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | GAFFNEY | SC |
| 1245322072 | VILLAGE FAMILY MEDICINE PA | CHAPEL HILL | NC |
| 1912151424 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | GAFFNEY | SC |
| 1174092449 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | SPARTANBURG | SC |
| 1972513679 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | SPARTANBURG | SC |
| 1588998629 | SPARTANBURG REGIONAL MED CTR | GREER | SC |
| 1477938777 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | TRAVELERS REST | SC |
| 1518498336 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | GRAY COURT | SC |
| 1699598458 | SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER | SPARTANBURG | SC |
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| Type 1 NPIs | States Spanned |
|---|---|
| 1547 | 39 |
Also Known As
Alternate names registered for this facility's NPI in the NPPES registry — trade names (doing business as), former legal names, and other names.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| CMC Wound Services | Doing Business As |
| Cherokee Medical Center | Doing Business As |
Frequently Asked Questions
References
- 1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
- 2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
- 3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.
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