Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest stroke death rate
72 Georgia hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke 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 |
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| National average | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T51 | Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 14.2%, 16th 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 |
| T51 | Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | 14.2%, 16th 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 |
| 53 | St Mary's Hospital | 14.3%, 16th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.47, 3rd percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 196 | Compare St Mary's Hospital |
| 54 | AdventHealth Redmond | 14.4%, 15th 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 |
| T55 | Fairview Park Hospital | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 138 min, 58th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 185 | Compare Fairview Park Hospital |
| T55 | St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | 14.5%, 14th 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 |
| 57 | Piedmont Walton Hospital | 14.6%, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 77 | Compare Piedmont Walton Hospital |
| 58 | Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc | 14.7%, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 153 min, 47th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 76 | Compare Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc |
| 59 | Piedmont Henry Hospital | 14.9%, 12th 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 |
| 60 | Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | 15.0%, 12th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 240 min, 6th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 276 | Compare Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins |
| 61 | East Georgia Regional Medical Center | 15.2%, 11th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 150 | Compare East Georgia Regional Medical Center |
| T62 | Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 15.3%, 11th 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 |
| T62 | Upson Regional Medical Center | 15.3%, 11th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 19.6%, 0th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 119 | Compare Upson Regional Medical Center |
| 64 | Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc | 16.5%, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 215 min, 13th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 88 | Compare Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 65 | Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 16.8%, 5th 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 |
| T66 | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 16.9%, 5th 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 |
| T66 | Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center | 16.9%, 5th 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 |
| 68 | AdventHealth Gordon | 18.3%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 175 min, 32nd percentile | 0.87, 93rd percentile | 69 | Compare AdventHealth Gordon |
| 69 | Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.26, 8th percentile | 180 min, 29th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 300 | Compare Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus |
| 70 | Memorial Satilla Health | 18.8%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 127 min, 68th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 237 | Compare Memorial Satilla Health |
| 71 | Wayne Memorial Hospital | 19.1%, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 188 min, 25th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 88 | Compare Wayne Memorial Hospital |
| 72 | Doctors Hospital | 19.5%, 2nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 354 | Compare Doctors 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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).