Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
65 Georgia hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower 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 | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 0.94, 18th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.20, 10th percentile | 217 min, 12th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 90 | Compare Piedmont Newton Hospital |
| 52 | Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 0.99, 16th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 184 min, 27th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 200 | Compare Piedmont Eastside Medical Center |
| 53 | Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | 1.00, 16th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 222 min, 11th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 161 | Compare Piedmont Rockdale Hospital |
| 54 | Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center | 1.02, 15th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 182 min, 28th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 637 | Compare Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center |
| 55 | Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc | 1.02, 15th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 263 min, 3rd percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 410 | Compare Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc |
| 56 | Emory University Hospital | 1.11, 12th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 1.42, 3rd percentile | 316 min, 1st percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 661 | Compare Emory University Hospital |
| 57 | Emory Hillandale Hospital | 1.16, 11th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 84 | Compare Emory Hillandale Hospital |
| 58 | Northside Hospital | 1.18, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 228 min, 9th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 444 | Compare Northside Hospital |
| 59 | Emory Johns Creek Hospital | 1.33, 8th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 210 min, 15th percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 110 | Compare Emory Johns Creek Hospital |
| 60 | Grady Memorial Hospital | 1.33, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 1.23, 9th percentile | 357 min, 0th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 953 | Compare Grady Memorial Hospital |
| 61 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | 1.47, 6th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.92, 1st percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 1.05, 19th percentile | 182 | Compare Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton |
| 62 | Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | 1.66, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.7%, 75th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 146 min, 52nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 40 | Compare Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica |
| 63 | Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | 1.84, 3rd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 5, 97th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 134 min, 62nd percentile | 0.89, 90th percentile | 87 | Compare Memorial Health Meadows Hospital |
| 64 | Tift Regional Medical Center | 1.85, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 255 min, 4th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 241 | Compare Tift Regional Medical Center |
| 65 | Wellstar Douglas Medical Center | 2.21, 2nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 7.9%, 95th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 108 | Compare Wellstar Douglas 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.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).