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Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest pneumonia death rate

96 Georgia hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Decatur (Atlanta) VA Medical Center, Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center, Emory Johns Creek Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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96 hospitals ranked in Georgia by pneumonia death rate; 53 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Decatur (Atlanta) VA Medical CenterDecatur, GA · Veterans Affairs9.2%3212.0%6.0%14.5%1.21——456Compare
2Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · Acute care9.8%3312.2%8.6%15.6%0.88169 min0.94139Compare
3Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · Acute care10.0%4311.6%9.7%14.5%0.85210 min0.90110Compare
4Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · Acute care11.1%43—8.5%14.5%0.94153 min0.9176Compare
5Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care11.2%4310.1%9.1%14.8%0.96254 min0.94579Compare
6AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth, GA · Acute care11.6%55—9.4%14.6%—144 min0.7842Compare
T7Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega, GA · Acute care12.1%54—9.6%14.7%—157 min0.8352Compare
T7Augusta VA Medical CenterAugusta, GA · Veterans Affairs12.1%4410.7%6.7%15.1%1.22——1,644Compare
T7Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon, GA · Acute care12.1%43—11.2%15.0%0.95192 min1.00103Compare
T10Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · Acute care12.2%4413.0%9.9%14.8%1.29208 min0.9484Compare
T10Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia, GA · Acute care12.2%13—11.4%15.6%0.94205 min0.9084Compare
12Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · Acute care12.4%4311.2%9.7%15.7%0.96200 min0.8883Compare
T13Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · Acute care12.5%5412.1%12.3%14.8%0.90151 min0.93276Compare
T13AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · Acute care12.5%4311.2%9.1%14.6%0.99170 min0.97201Compare
15Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · Acute care12.7%3311.3%10.2%14.5%1.03272 min1.03353Compare
16Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · Acute care13.1%2211.8%8.2%15.3%1.21289 min0.95481Compare
T17East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · Acute care13.2%3312.7%10.2%15.6%0.93130 min1.04150Compare
T17Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care13.2%3312.5%10.2%15.1%1.07228 min0.93444Compare
T19Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care13.4%4311.6%9.2%14.4%1.42316 min0.94661Compare
T19Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · Acute care13.4%3310.3%8.8%15.3%1.07286 min0.93282Compare
T19Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia, GA · Acute care13.4%34—11.6%14.7%0.95104 min0.9556Compare
T19Liberty Regional Medical CenterHinesville, GA · Critical access13.4%————14.8%—173 min—25Compare
T23Fairview Park HospitalDublin, GA · Acute care13.5%4314.5%10.7%15.3%0.87138 min0.96185Compare
T23Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold, GA · Acute care13.5%3——11.1%14.8%—118 min1.0864Compare
T25St Marys Good Samaritan HospitalGreensboro, GA · Critical access13.6%44—10.5%15.6%—122 min—25Compare
T25AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · Acute care13.6%3410.9%11.2%14.2%0.98175 min0.8769Compare
27Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care13.7%3312.1%10.2%15.3%1.02263 min0.93410Compare
T28Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · Acute care13.8%5512.3%10.8%15.2%0.92134 min0.8987Compare
T28Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · Acute care13.8%4413.9%9.2%14.3%1.11170 min0.96389Compare
T30NGMC Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · Acute care13.9%43—11.0%14.9%0.98134 min0.8556Compare
T30Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care13.9%4310.5%9.2%14.4%1.01204 min0.92143Compare
T32Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · Acute care14.0%3211.5%9.4%15.7%0.90222 min0.96161Compare
T32Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville, GA · Acute care14.0%2213.6%10.6%14.9%0.94184 min1.01200Compare
34Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · Acute care14.1%3311.9%7.9%14.3%1.02192 min0.91108Compare
T35Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA · Acute care14.3%5311.6%12.0%14.7%0.88200 min1.07100Compare
T35Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · Acute care14.3%22—11.1%15.5%1.23357 min0.98953Compare
T35Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell, GA · Acute care14.3%2211.7%10.8%14.5%1.37176 min0.95167Compare
T38Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth, GA · Acute care14.4%43—9.3%14.6%0.99207 min0.96122Compare
T38Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest, GA · Acute care14.4%34—10.3%15.4%1.00151 min0.8453Compare
T38Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · Acute care14.4%2211.6%10.7%15.3%1.12240 min0.94276Compare
41Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton, GA · Acute care14.5%2312.4%11.4%15.6%1.92180 min1.05182Compare
T42Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care14.6%429.9%9.4%14.1%1.00262 min0.95694Compare
T42University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson, GA · Acute care14.6%—3—10.3%14.8%0.97141 min0.8947Compare
44Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · Acute care14.7%2312.7%11.0%14.7%1.26180 min0.96300Compare
T45Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · Acute care14.8%3312.3%9.2%15.3%0.93181 min0.94282Compare
T45Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · Acute care14.8%3312.9%9.1%14.5%0.82262 min0.95382Compare
T45St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · Acute care14.8%2314.5%14.8%14.7%2.17203 min1.05294Compare
T45Washington County Regional Medical CenterSandersville, GA · Acute care14.8%————15.2%—118 min1.0356Compare
49Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · Acute care14.9%2211.6%11.3%14.7%0.87239 min0.99259Compare
50St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · Acute care15.0%3311.3%12.0%14.6%1.05226 min1.00376Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).