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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| T51 | Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center |
| T51 | Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | 14.2%, 16th percentile | — | 12.3%, 25th percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Phoebe Sumter Medical Center |
| 53 | St Mary's Hospital | 14.3%, 16th percentile | 14.3%, 2nd percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 21.1%, 2nd percentile | 11.2%, 5th percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare St Mary's Hospital |
| 54 | AdventHealth Redmond | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.1%, 85th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare AdventHealth Redmond |
| T55 | Fairview Park Hospital | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 14.5%, 2nd percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 13.5%, 76th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Fairview Park Hospital |
| T55 | St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare |
| 57 | Piedmont Walton Hospital | 14.6%, 13th percentile | — | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Piedmont Walton Hospital |
| 58 | Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc | 14.7%, 13th percentile | — | 8.5%, 91st percentile | 11.1%, 96th percentile | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc |
| 59 | Piedmont Henry Hospital | 14.9%, 12th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Piedmont Henry Hospital |
| 60 | Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | 15.0%, 12th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.7%, 56th percentile | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins |
| 61 | East Georgia Regional Medical Center | 15.2%, 11th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 10.2%, 66th percentile | 13.2%, 80th percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 15.6%, 16th percentile | Compare East Georgia Regional Medical Center |
| T62 | Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 15.3%, 11th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 14.0%, 69th percentile | 6.7%, 93rd percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Piedmont Eastside Medical Center |
| T62 | Upson Regional Medical Center | 15.3%, 11th percentile | 13.6%, 7th percentile | 19.6%, 0th percentile | 20.6%, 3rd percentile | 11.7%, 3rd percentile | — | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Upson Regional Medical Center |
| 64 | Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc | 16.5%, 6th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 15.9%, 2nd percentile | 20.8%, 3rd percentile | 11.4%, 4th percentile | — | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 65 | Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 16.8%, 5th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 14.2%, 7th percentile | 16.6%, 29th percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown |
| T66 | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 16.9%, 5th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 8.3%, 54th percentile | — | 14.8%, 61st percentile | Compare Piedmont Newton Hospital |
| T66 | Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center | 16.9%, 5th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 4.3%, 3rd percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center |
| 68 | AdventHealth Gordon | 18.3%, 3rd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.2%, 46th percentile | 13.6%, 74th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare AdventHealth Gordon |
| 69 | Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | 18.5%, 3rd percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 14.7%, 68th percentile | Compare Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus |
| 70 | Memorial Satilla Health | 18.8%, 3rd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 21.3%, 2nd percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | — | 16.7%, 2nd percentile | Compare Memorial Satilla Health |
| 71 | Wayne Memorial Hospital | 19.1%, 3rd percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 17.3%, 20th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Wayne Memorial Hospital |
| 72 | Doctors Hospital | 19.5%, 2nd percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 11.5%, 4th percentile | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.