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Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)

55 Georgia hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, AdventHealth Redmond, Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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55 hospitals ranked in Georgia by surgical site infections (colon); 94 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
	National average	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
T1	Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.88, 21st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.91, 26th percentile	0.07, 78th percentile	Compare Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
T1	AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.50, 49th percentile	0.55, 36th percentile	—	1.31, 11th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare AdventHealth Redmond
T1	Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.89, 75th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.19, 63rd percentile	Compare Colquitt Regional Medical Center
T1	Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.15, 77th percentile	0.06, 76th percentile	0.92, 44th percentile	0.99, 21st percentile	0.11, 73rd percentile	Compare Doctors Hospital
T1	Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	0.94, 18th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.18, 64th percentile	Compare Piedmont Newton Hospital
T1	Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.26, 8th percentile	1.85, 3rd percentile	0.84, 18th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.33, 42nd percentile	Compare Tift Regional Medical Center
T1	Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.30, 6th percentile	0.59, 41st percentile	0.23, 65th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.49, 60th percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
T1	Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.99, 16th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.36, 70th percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
T1	Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · Acute care	0.00, 91st percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.83, 9th percentile	Compare Upson Regional Medical Center
10	SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · Acute care	0.15, 81st percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.38, 59th percentile	0.29, 61st percentile	0.54, 70th percentile	0.41, 67th percentile	0.74, 11th percentile	Compare SGMC Health
11	Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · Acute care	0.16, 80th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.32, 64th percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	2.18, 12th percentile	0.32, 73rd percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	Compare Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center
12	Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA · Acute care	0.34, 74th percentile	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside
13	Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care	0.35, 73rd percentile	1.00, 35th percentile	0.46, 52nd percentile	0.19, 69th percentile	1.22, 35th percentile	0.81, 33rd percentile	0.34, 42nd percentile	Compare Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
14	Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · Acute care	0.44, 68th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	0.62, 38th percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	1.26, 33rd percentile	1.20, 14th percentile	0.17, 65th percentile	Compare Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
15	Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · Acute care	0.47, 66th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	0.82, 24th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.68, 43rd percentile	0.47, 27th percentile	Compare Wellstar Paulding Medical Center
16	Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · Acute care	0.50, 64th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	1.00, 16th percentile	0.84, 18th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.07, 77th percentile	Compare Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
17	St Mary's HospitalAthens, GA · Acute care	0.51, 64th percentile	1.47, 3rd percentile	0.68, 33rd percentile	0.22, 66th percentile	—	0.47, 62nd percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare St Mary's Hospital
18	Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · Acute care	0.54, 61st percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	0.39, 59th percentile	0.41, 49th percentile	0.55, 69th percentile	0.35, 71st percentile	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare Piedmont Henry Hospital
19	Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care	0.58, 59th percentile	1.42, 3rd percentile	1.11, 12th percentile	0.57, 34th percentile	0.73, 56th percentile	0.95, 24th percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare Emory University Hospital
20	Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · Acute care	0.59, 58th percentile	1.12, 17th percentile	0.70, 31st percentile	0.88, 16th percentile	—	0.70, 41st percentile	0.34, 42nd percentile	Compare Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins
21	Southeastern Regional Medical Center, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care	0.63, 56th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	—	—	1.65, 22nd percentile	—	0.52, 23rd percentile	Compare Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc
22	Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · Acute care	0.64, 55th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.23, 72nd percentile	0.32, 58th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.33, 42nd percentile	Compare Hamilton Medical Center
23	Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur, GA · Acute care	0.66, 53rd percentile	1.45, 3rd percentile	0.33, 64th percentile	0.93, 14th percentile	1.70, 21st percentile	0.25, 77th percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare Emory Decatur Hospital
24	Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care	0.70, 51st percentile	1.23, 9th percentile	1.33, 8th percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	2.81, 6th percentile	1.30, 11th percentile	0.29, 48th percentile	Compare Grady Memorial Hospital
25	Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care	0.74, 48th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.41, 57th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.79, 34th percentile	0.05, 79th percentile	Compare Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc
26	Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care	0.78, 46th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	0.38, 59th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	1.24, 34th percentile	0.10, 82nd percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Piedmont Hospital, Inc
27	St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · Acute care	0.81, 43rd percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.61, 38th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.32, 73rd percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	Compare St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare
28	East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · Acute care	0.82, 42nd percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.63, 36th percentile	0.85, 17th percentile	—	1.69, 5th percentile	0.24, 56th percentile	Compare East Georgia Regional Medical Center
29	Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · Acute care	0.85, 40th percentile	0.82, 90th percentile	0.61, 39th percentile	0.27, 62nd percentile	1.56, 25th percentile	0.80, 34th percentile	0.24, 55th percentile	Compare Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
30	Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton, GA · Acute care	0.88, 38th percentile	1.92, 1st percentile	1.47, 6th percentile	0.49, 41st percentile	—	1.93, 3rd percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
31	Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · Acute care	0.89, 38th percentile	1.55, 2nd percentile	0.59, 40th percentile	0.93, 14th percentile	0.30, 77th percentile	0.48, 60th percentile	0.44, 29th percentile	Compare Candler Hospital
32	Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · Acute care	0.92, 36th percentile	1.26, 8th percentile	0.30, 66th percentile	0.41, 48th percentile	0.89, 46th percentile	1.65, 5th percentile	0.27, 52nd percentile	Compare Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus
33	Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · Acute care	1.09, 28th percentile	1.32, 6th percentile	0.56, 44th percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	1.19, 36th percentile	1.89, 3rd percentile	0.35, 40th percentile	Compare Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical Col
34	Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · Acute care	1.10, 28th percentile	1.58, 2nd percentile	0.42, 56th percentile	0.15, 72nd percentile	2.00, 14th percentile	1.02, 20th percentile	0.17, 66th percentile	Compare Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown
35	AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · Acute care	1.11, 27th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.86, 22nd percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.36, 38th percentile	Compare AdventHealth Gordon
36	Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · Acute care	1.12, 27th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.32, 64th percentile	0.23, 65th percentile	1.97, 15th percentile	1.59, 6th percentile	0.33, 42nd percentile	Compare Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc
37	Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · Acute care	1.16, 25th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	0.70, 32nd percentile	0.43, 47th percentile	0.70, 60th percentile	0.17, 80th percentile	0.30, 47th percentile	Compare Northside Hospital Gwinnett
38	Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell, GA · Acute care	1.29, 21st percentile	1.37, 4th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.14, 70th percentile	Compare Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center
39	Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · Acute care	1.36, 18th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	1.33, 8th percentile	1.51, 4th percentile	—	0.71, 41st percentile	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Emory Johns Creek Hospital
40	Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · Acute care	1.36, 18th percentile	1.07, 23rd percentile	0.16, 76th percentile	0.14, 73rd percentile	3.99, 1st percentile	0.32, 73rd percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	Compare Piedmont Fayette Hospital
41	Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · Acute care	1.38, 17th percentile	1.21, 10th percentile	0.67, 34th percentile	0.74, 23rd percentile	2.15, 12th percentile	0.40, 68th percentile	0.24, 56th percentile	Compare Emory University Hospital Midtown
42	St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · Acute care	1.46, 15th percentile	2.17, 0th percentile	0.59, 40th percentile	0.77, 21st percentile	—	0.23, 78th percentile	0.52, 23rd percentile	Compare St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah
43	Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care	1.48, 15th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	1.02, 15th percentile	0.53, 37th percentile	—	0.28, 75th percentile	0.35, 39th percentile	Compare Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc
44	Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care	1.48, 15th percentile	1.07, 23rd percentile	1.18, 11th percentile	0.43, 46th percentile	1.75, 20th percentile	0.48, 61st percentile	0.25, 55th percentile	Compare Northside Hospital
45	Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · Acute care	1.56, 13th percentile	1.11, 18th percentile	0.39, 59th percentile	0.31, 58th percentile	0.58, 67th percentile	0.48, 61st percentile	0.21, 60th percentile	Compare Northside Hospital Forsyth
46	Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care	1.60, 12th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.85, 23rd percentile	0.22, 65th percentile	0.31, 76th percentile	0.80, 33rd percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare Piedmont Augusta Hospital
47	Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · Acute care	1.74, 9th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.09, 79th percentile	0.47, 43rd percentile	1.77, 19th percentile	0.73, 38th percentile	0.30, 48th percentile	Compare Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
48	Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville, GA · Acute care	1.81, 8th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.68, 33rd percentile	0.60, 31st percentile	—	0.59, 51st percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Archbold Memorial Hospital
49	Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth, GA · Acute care	1.86, 7th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	0.36, 61st percentile	2.73, 0th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.43, 30th percentile	Compare Northside Hospital Duluth
50	Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · Acute care	2.02, 5th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	1.02, 15th percentile	0.20, 68th percentile	0.80, 52nd percentile	0.89, 27th percentile	0.40, 34th percentile	Compare Atrium Health Navicent The 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.

Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).