CFPB Consumer Complaint Profile
Charleston Area Medical Center
What 53 consumer complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reveal about how this company handles credit, billing and collection disputes.
Data updated 2026-08-14
- 53
- Total complaints
- Mid-range
- 10
- Last 12 months
- 77.4%
- Timely response
- Bottom decile
- 4
- States affected
The verdict
Charleston Area Medical Center ranks #1775 of 3,843 financial companies by CFPB complaint volume, with 53 complaints on record. Its on-time response rate is 77.4%, the 8th percentile among companies with 100+ complaints.
- #1775
- of 3,843 companies by volume
- 77.4%
- on time (8th pctile)
- Debt collection
- most-complained product
- 4
- states with complaints
Based on this company's own CFPB response record -- timely response, dispute rate, and relief rate, each benchmarked against every tracked company with 10+ complaints. Not a measure of product quality, pricing, or company size.
Charleston Area Medical Center vs. all companies by on-time response rate
Every company with 100+ CFPB complaints on file (1,335 total)
77.4% Among the lowest higher than 8% of 1,335 companies
companies with 100+ CFPB complaints, bucketed by value
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Source Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · 2026-08-14
Percent of CFPB complaints answered within the regulator's expected window. Industry benchmark sits at 95%.
Reading this profile
Complaints by Product
Top Issues
Complaints by Year
| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 12 |
Complaints by State (Top 15)
Company Responses
What the CFPB Complaint Record Shows for Charleston Area Medical Center
53 complaints against Charleston Area Medical Center appear in the CFPB record, including 10 from the trailing year. The 4 states and territories represented put this footprint in geographically concentrated territory. No product draws more complaints than "Debt collection," which sits at the top of the product breakdown. Within that category, the most frequently cited specific issue is "Attempts to collect debt not owed" - a useful starting point for anyone trying to understand what goes wrong most often in the company's consumer interactions.
CFPB-forwarded complaints against Charleston Area Medical Center draw a 77.4% reply rate inside the Bureau's 15-day window. That trails the 95% benchmark badly, a red flag given how strongly late or missing responses predict CFPB supervisory attention. Resolved cases drew a formal consumer-dispute rate of 0% - a rough measure of how often the first resolution missed the mark. Among resolved complaints, 3.8% closed with some form of monetary or non-monetary relief to the consumer.
How to read complaint counts
Complaint counts alone do not tell the full story: larger institutions with more customers will naturally generate more complaints in absolute terms. The more informative signals are the direction of the yearly trend shown above, the state-level concentration, and the ratio of monetary-relief closures to closed-without-relief outcomes. Together, these fields provide context for reading the published CFPB record; they do not establish wrongdoing or resolve an individual dispute.
Educational data summary, not financial or legal advice. Individual complaint outcomes vary. Consumers should consult a qualified attorney or financial advisor for guidance on a specific dispute.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CFPB complaints does Charleston Area Medical Center have?
Charleston Area Medical Center has 53 total consumer complaints filed with the CFPB, with 10 filed in the last 12 months.
Does Charleston Area Medical Center respond to complaints on time?
CFPB complaints against Charleston Area Medical Center draw a 77.4% timely-response rate inside the expected window. That trails the 95% industry benchmark by a wide margin.
What product generates the most complaints for Charleston Area Medical Center?
"Debt collection" draws more CFPB complaints against Charleston Area Medical Center than any other product - see the full breakdown above.
What is the most common complaint issue with Charleston Area Medical Center?
"Attempts to collect debt not owed" is the single most frequently cited issue in complaints against Charleston Area Medical Center - see all issues and counts above.
How do I file a complaint against Charleston Area Medical Center?
You can file a complaint against Charleston Area Medical Center directly with the CFPB at consumerfinance.gov/complaint. The CFPB will forward your complaint to the company and work to get you a response, typically within 15 days.
In how many states have consumers complained about Charleston Area Medical Center?
Consumers in 4 states and territories have filed complaints about Charleston Area Medical Center with the CFPB. This count includes the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and smaller CFPB-tracked jurisdictions such as Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and military postal codes (APO/FPO), which is why it can exceed the 52 states and territories that have a dedicated state page on this site.
Nationwide companies with similar complaint volume or dispute rates
Two CFPB peer sets for Charleston Area Medical Center: nearest financial companies by total complaint volume and by the share of complaints consumers mark as disputed. These are cross-firm neighborhoods, not the product-category list below.
Similar dispute rates
Nearest companies by share of complaints marked disputed (0% here).
Also handles Debt collection
Other companies with the same primary CFPB product category on file.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database Data through March 2026
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.