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Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest serious complications

85 Georgia hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Wellstar Cobb Medical Center, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Fairview Park Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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85 hospitals ranked in Georgia by serious complications; 64 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (colon)lower 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
1	Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · Acute care	0.82, 90th percentile	0.61, 39th percentile	0.27, 62nd percentile	0.85, 40th percentile	1.56, 25th percentile	0.80, 34th percentile	0.24, 55th percentile	Compare Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
2	Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA · Acute care	0.85, 85th percentile	1.33, 8th percentile	1.51, 4th percentile	1.36, 18th percentile	—	0.71, 41st percentile	0.27, 51st percentile	Compare Emory Johns Creek Hospital
T3	Fairview Park HospitalDublin, GA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.20, 73rd percentile	0.21, 66th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Fairview Park Hospital
T3	Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge, GA · Acute care	0.87, 81st percentile	0.39, 59th percentile	0.41, 49th percentile	0.54, 61st percentile	0.55, 69th percentile	0.35, 71st percentile	0.15, 69th percentile	Compare Piedmont Henry Hospital
T5	Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.34, 74th percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside
T5	Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas, GA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.47, 27th percentile	Compare Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
T5	Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross, GA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	1.38, 9th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Memorial Satilla Health
T5	Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · Acute care	0.88, 78th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	2.76, 1st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
9	Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.19, 63rd percentile	Compare Colquitt Regional Medical Center
T10	Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.88, 21st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.91, 26th percentile	0.07, 78th percentile	Compare Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
T10	Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	1.00, 16th percentile	0.84, 18th percentile	0.50, 64th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.07, 77th percentile	Compare Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
T12	Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	1.84, 3rd percentile	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
T12	Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.40, 34th percentile	Compare Union General Hospital
T14	East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.63, 36th percentile	0.85, 17th percentile	0.82, 42nd percentile	—	1.69, 5th percentile	0.24, 56th percentile	Compare East Georgia Regional Medical Center
T14	Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.23, 72nd percentile	0.32, 58th percentile	0.64, 55th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.33, 42nd percentile	Compare Hamilton Medical Center
T14	Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.32, 64th percentile	0.37, 53rd percentile	0.16, 80th percentile	2.18, 12th percentile	0.32, 73rd percentile	0.10, 74th percentile	Compare Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center
T17	Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.37, 38th percentile	Compare Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc
T17	Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	0.15, 77th percentile	0.06, 76th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	0.92, 44th percentile	0.99, 21st percentile	0.11, 73rd percentile	Compare Doctors Hospital
T17	Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville, GA · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	0.99, 16th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.36, 70th percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
T17	Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia, GA · Acute care	0.94, 59th percentile	1.16, 11th percentile	0.43, 46th percentile	—	—	0.92, 25th percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Emory Hillandale Hospital
T21	Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon, GA · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Piedmont Macon North Hospital
T21	Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe, GA · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.98, 22nd percentile	0.22, 59th percentile	Compare Piedmont Walton Hospital
T21	Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia, GA · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLC
T21	Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup, GA · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.29, 48th percentile	Compare Wayne Memorial Hospital
T21	Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	0.62, 38th percentile	0.42, 48th percentile	0.44, 68th percentile	1.26, 33rd percentile	1.20, 14th percentile	0.17, 65th percentile	Compare Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
T26	Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · Acute care	0.96, 51st percentile	0.38, 59th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	0.78, 46th percentile	1.24, 34th percentile	0.10, 82nd percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Piedmont Hospital, Inc
T26	Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys, GA · Acute care	0.96, 51st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	1.25, 3rd percentile	Compare Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus
T26	Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · Acute care	0.96, 51st percentile	0.82, 24th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.47, 66th percentile	—	0.68, 43rd percentile	0.47, 27th percentile	Compare Wellstar Paulding Medical Center
T29	SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	0.38, 59th percentile	0.29, 61st percentile	0.15, 81st percentile	0.54, 70th percentile	0.41, 67th percentile	0.74, 11th percentile	Compare SGMC Health
T29	Stephens County HospitalToccoa, GA · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.44, 29th percentile	Compare Stephens County Hospital
T29	Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin, GA · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	0.63, 37th percentile	0.27, 62nd percentile	—	1.70, 21st percentile	1.47, 8th percentile	0.14, 70th percentile	Compare Wellstar Spalding Medical Center
T29	Memorial Hospital And ManorBainbridge, GA · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	1.23, 3rd percentile	Compare Memorial Hospital And Manor
T29	Burke Medical CenterWaynesboro, GA · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Burke Medical Center
T29	University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson, GA · Acute care	0.97, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center
T35	NGMC Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare NGMC Barrow, LLC
T35	AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	0.86, 22nd percentile	—	1.11, 27th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.36, 38th percentile	Compare AdventHealth Gordon
T35	Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	0.32, 64th percentile	0.23, 65th percentile	1.12, 27th percentile	1.97, 15th percentile	1.59, 6th percentile	0.33, 42nd percentile	Compare Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc
T35	Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale, GA · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.07, 78th percentile	Compare Southern Regional Medical Center
T35	Dodge County HospitalEastman, GA · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.41, 32nd percentile	Compare Dodge County Hospital
T35	Donalsonville Hospital IncDonalsonville, GA · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Donalsonville Hospital Inc
T41	AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	0.50, 49th percentile	0.55, 36th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.31, 11th percentile	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare AdventHealth Redmond
T41	Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth, GA · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	0.36, 61st percentile	2.73, 0th percentile	1.86, 7th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.43, 30th percentile	Compare Northside Hospital Duluth
T41	Coliseum Medical CentersMacon, GA · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	0.35, 62nd percentile	0.14, 73rd percentile	2.75, 1st percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.55, 55th percentile	0.24, 57th percentile	Compare Coliseum Medical Centers
T41	Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	0.85, 23rd percentile	0.22, 65th percentile	1.60, 12th percentile	0.31, 76th percentile	0.80, 33rd percentile	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare Piedmont Augusta Hospital
T41	Evans Memorial HospitalClaxton, GA · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Evans Memorial Hospital
T41	Southwell Medical, A Campus Of The Regional Medical CenterAdel, GA · Acute care	0.99, 37th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Southwell Medical, A Campus Of The Regional Medical Center
T47	Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · Acute care	1.00, 35th percentile	0.46, 52nd percentile	0.19, 69th percentile	0.35, 73rd percentile	1.22, 35th percentile	0.81, 33rd percentile	0.34, 42nd percentile	Compare Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
T47	Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest, GA · Acute care	1.00, 35th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.82, 9th percentile	Compare Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
T49	Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · Acute care	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.09, 79th percentile	0.47, 43rd percentile	1.74, 9th percentile	1.77, 19th percentile	0.73, 38th percentile	0.30, 48th percentile	Compare Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
T49	Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.41, 57th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.74, 48th percentile	—	0.79, 34th percentile	0.05, 79th percentile	Compare Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc

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.

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 (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (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).