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Best hospitals in Georgia

6 of the 82 Georgia hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 20 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 149 Georgia hospitalsBest hospitals by stateGeorgia ranks 43rd of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

6five-star hospitals
20four-star hospitals
82hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 149 in the state
69%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 12 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Southeastern Regional Medical Center, IncNewnan · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend92%Listed per $1 of cost$5.042AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit2 h 24 minListed per $1 of cost$11.723Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit2 h 14 minListed per $1 of cost$8.064Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend87%Typical ER visit2 h 37 minListed per $1 of cost$5.855Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit2 h 31 minListed per $1 of cost$6.356Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit3 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$7.347Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Typical ER visit3 h 28 minListed per $1 of cost$5.658St Marys Good Samaritan HospitalGreensboro · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend86%Typical ER visit2 h 2 minListed per $1 of cost$3.579Northside Hospital ForsythCumming · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 50 minListed per $1 of cost$5.4910Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend78%Typical ER visit3 h 3 minListed per $1 of cost$7.17
How Georgia's 82 rated hospitals score
65 stars
204 stars
263 stars
222 stars
81 star

Every rated hospital in Georgia

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Southeastern Regional Medical Center, IncNewnan★★★★★★★★★★92%–$5.04
2AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 24 min$11.72
3Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 14 min$8.06
4Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega★★★★★★★★★★87%2 h 37 min$5.85
5Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 31 min$6.35
6Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 20 min$7.34
7Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton★★★★★★★★★★86%3 h 28 min$5.65
8St Marys Good Samaritan HospitalGreensboro★★★★★★★★★★86%2 h 2 min$3.57
9Northside Hospital ForsythCumming★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 50 min$5.49
10Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens★★★★★★★★★★78%3 h 3 min$7.17
11Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 53 min$3.63
12Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 36 min$3.37
13Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 20 min$6.94
14AdventHealth RedmondRome★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 50 min$8.94
15Emory University HospitalAtlanta★★★★★★★★★★76%5 h 16 min$3.83
16Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta★★★★★★★★★★73%4 h 14 min$6.17
17Fairview Park HospitalDublin★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 18 min$14.23
18Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 27 min$5.36
19Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 12 min$10.06
20Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 30 min$4.05
21Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 24 min$8.25
22Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 33 min$7.51
23Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 14 min$6.64
24Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 22 min$8.37
25Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 22 min$6.82
26Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro★★★★★–67%2 h 49 min$4.00
27AdventHealth GordonCalhoun★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 55 min$8.53
28Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 31 min$5.84
29Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia★★★★★★★★★★71%1 h 44 min$2.95
30Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta★★★★★★★★★★75%4 h 23 min$4.16
31Northside HospitalAtlanta★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 48 min$5.24
32Union General HospitalBlairsville★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 45 min$3.46
33Doctors HospitalAugusta★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 54 min$14.46
34Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 26 min$3.97
35Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville★★★★★★★★★★73%4 h 46 min$7.72
36Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 12 min$6.80
37Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville★★★★★★★★★★71%4 h 32 min$5.01
38Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 8 min$4.03
39Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 52 min$6.23
40Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 22 min$7.00
41St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 46 min$5.13
42Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 36 min$4.42
43Hamilton Medical CenterDalton★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 1 min$5.25
44Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 49 min$8.26
45Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton★★★★★★★★★★65%4 h 15 min$4.41
46Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 7 min$9.89
47East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 10 min$8.98
48Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 35 min$5.20
49Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 52 min$7.45
50Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 37 min$8.42
51Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 42 min$7.03
52Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold★★★★★–79%1 h 58 min$6.98
53Stephens County HospitalToccoa★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 10 min$3.04
54St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah★★★★★★★★★★75%3 h 23 min$4.94
55Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 26 min$5.55
56Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 0 min$3.85
57Candler HospitalSavannah★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 16 min$5.01
58Sgmc HealthValdosta★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 24 min$4.74
59Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 0 min$3.37
60Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 53 min$3.62
61Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 42 min$3.93
62Crisp Regional HospitalCordele★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 14 min$3.33
63Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta★★★★★★★★★★69%5 h 57 min$5.93
64Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 49 min$3.88
65Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 56 min$6.44
66Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 24 min$6.09
67Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 37 min$6.15
68Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 2 min$5.20
69Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 23 min$3.32
70Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins★★★★★★★★★★58%4 h 0 min$3.88
71Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 59 min$7.41
72Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany★★★★★★★★★★57%5 h 30 min$4.21
73Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville★★★★★★★★★★57%3 h 4 min$7.25
74Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin★★★★★★★★★★56%3 h 12 min$7.55
75Atrium Health Navicent PeachByron★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 53 min$4.33
76Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 54 min$5.08
77St Mary's HospitalAthens★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 10 min$4.83
78Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta★★★★★★★★★★66%4 h 11 min$4.75
79Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 25 min$4.85
80Memorial Hospital and ManorBainbridge★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 42 min$3.27
81Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 42 min$8.30
82Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale★★★★★★★★★★51%4 h 25 min$5.39
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.