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Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest CABG surgery death rate

20 Georgia hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Emory University Hospital Midtown, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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20 hospitals ranked in Georgia by cabg surgery death rate; 129 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	CABG surgery death ratelower 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
	National average	2.4%		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
1	Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · Acute care	1.6%, 93rd 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
2	Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · Acute care	1.9%, 78th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	10.0%, 70th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	183 min, 28th percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	315	Compare Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
T3	St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · Acute care	2.0%, 69th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	226 min, 10th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	376	Compare St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare
T3	Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton, GA · Acute care	2.0%, 69th 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
T5	AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · Acute care	2.1%, 62nd percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.2%, 71st percentile	9.1%, 85th percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	170 min, 35th percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	201	Compare AdventHealth Redmond
T5	Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care	2.1%, 62nd percentile	4, 73rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	9.9%, 96th percentile	9.4%, 81st percentile	14.1%, 91st percentile	1.00, 35th percentile	262 min, 3rd percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	694	Compare Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
T5	Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · Acute care	2.1%, 62nd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.3%, 32nd percentile	9.2%, 84th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	181 min, 29th percentile	0.94, 76th percentile	282	Compare Hamilton Medical Center
T5	Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · Acute care	2.1%, 62nd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	10.2%, 66th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	272 min, 3rd percentile	1.03, 28th percentile	353	Compare Northside Hospital Gwinnett
T9	Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care	2.2%, 55th 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
T9	Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care	2.2%, 55th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.1%, 95th percentile	9.1%, 85th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	254 min, 4th percentile	0.94, 76th percentile	579	Compare Piedmont Hospital, Inc
T9	Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · Acute care	2.2%, 55th 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
T12	Coliseum Medical CentersMacon, GA · Acute care	2.3%, 49th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.1%, 38th percentile	13.5%, 11th percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	232 min, 8th percentile	1.01, 38th percentile	310	Compare Coliseum Medical Centers
T12	SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · Acute care	2.3%, 49th 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
14	Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care	2.4%, 44th 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
15	Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · Acute care	2.7%, 28th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	13.1%, 14th percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	1.30, 6th percentile	330 min, 0th percentile	0.93, 80th percentile	691	Compare Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
16	Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · Acute care	3.0%, 19th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	12.4%, 23rd percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	232 min, 8th percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	865	Compare Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc
17	St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · Acute care	3.2%, 14th 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
18	Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · Acute care	3.6%, 7th 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
19	Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · Acute care	4.3%, 3rd percentile	1, 3rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.5%, 26th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	162 min, 41st percentile	1.05, 19th percentile	619	Compare Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center
20	Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care	5.2%, 1st percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	13.4%, 9th percentile	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.99, 37th percentile	204 min, 17th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	551	Compare Piedmont Augusta Hospital

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.

CABG surgery death rate: 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
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).