Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest left ED without being seen
116 Georgia hospitals ranked by left ED without being seen in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Left ED without being seenlower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 2.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T101 | Crisp Regional Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 194 min, 22nd percentile | 0.87, 93rd percentile | 73 | Compare Crisp Regional Hospital |
| T101 | Emory Decatur Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.45, 3rd percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 451 | Compare Emory Decatur Hospital |
| T101 | Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 14.2%, 7th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.58, 2nd percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 417 | Compare Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown |
| T101 | Piedmont Henry Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 239 min, 7th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 259 | Compare Piedmont Henry Hospital |
| T101 | SGMC Health | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 204 min, 17th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 335 | Compare SGMC Health |
| T101 | Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical Col | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.32, 6th percentile | 251 min, 5th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 632 | Compare Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical Col |
| T101 | Bacon County Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | — | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 150 min, 49th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Bacon County Hospital |
| T101 | Dorminy Medical Center | 4.0%, 9th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | — | Compare Dorminy Medical Center |
| T101 | Grady General Hospital | 4.0%, 9th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | — | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 60 | Compare Grady General Hospital |
| T110 | Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | 5.0%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 216 min, 13th percentile | 0.88, 92nd percentile | 143 | Compare Phoebe Sumter Medical Center |
| T110 | Piedmont Fayette Hospital | 5.0%, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 8.8%, 88th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 286 min, 2nd percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 282 | Compare Piedmont Fayette Hospital |
| T110 | Winn ACH (Ft Stewart) | 5.0%, 5th percentile | — | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | — | — | 152 min, 48th percentile | — | — | Compare Winn ACH (Ft Stewart) |
| T113 | Candler Hospital | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 14.5%, 5th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.55, 2nd percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 320 | Compare Candler Hospital |
| T113 | Emory University Hospital Midtown | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 289 min, 2nd percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 481 | Compare Emory University Hospital Midtown |
| T113 | St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 14.8%, 4th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 2.17, 0th percentile | 203 min, 18th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 294 | Compare St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah |
| 116 | Southern Regional Medical Center | 9.0%, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 265 min, 3rd percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 376 | Compare Southern Regional Medical Center |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Left ED without being seen
- Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).