Georgia Hospital Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated September 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 Facilities analyzed149 Government sourcesthe state's licensing authority Last updatedSeptember 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.09

Georgia has 149 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

149active licensed hospitals across 116 Georgia cities appear on the state's public file.
79.9%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 8 carry a D or F.
79.5is the statewide average records layer score across all graded hospitals.
Atlantahas the most licensed hospitals in the state (9).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed hospitals149
Cities covered116
Statewide average records layer score79.5
Grade A facilities92 (61.7%)
Grade B facilities27 (18.1%)
Grade C facilities22 (14.8%)
Grade D facilities8 (5.4%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)149 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
General Acute Care Hospital103
Critical Access Hospital31
Psychiatric Hospital13
Children'S Hospital2

By city

Atlanta (9)Savannah (5)Augusta (5)Columbus (4)Decatur (3)Macon (3)Athens (2)Albany (2)Monroe (2)Rome (2)Lawrenceville (2)Moultrie (2)Valdosta (2)Dublin (2)Riverdale (2)Newnan (2)Dalton (1)Thomaston (1)Waycross (1)Cumming (1)Canton (1)Carrollton (1)Villa Rica (1)Lagrange (1)Covington (1)Calhoun (1)Brunswick (1)Lavonia (1)Gainesville (1)Cartersville (1)Griffin (1)Toccoa (1)Marietta (1)Thomasville (1)Demorest (1)Hiram (1)Americus (1)Winder (1)Chatsworth (1)Blairsville (1)Warner Robins (1)Baxley (1)Fitzgerald (1)Statesboro (1)Sandersville (1)Douglas (1)Conyers (1)Eastman (1)Tifton (1)Louisville (1)Adel (1)Cordele (1)Swainsboro (1)Thomson (1)Waynesboro (1)Cairo (1)Jesup (1)Vidalia (1)Bainbridge (1)Claxton (1)Austell (1)Saint Marys (1)Milledgeville (1)Douglasville (1)Montezuma (1)Stockbridge (1)Snellville (1)Donalsonville (1)Roswell (1)Fayetteville (1)Jasper (1)Lithonia (1)Johns Creek (1)Nashville (1)Ringgold (1)Dahlonega (1)Duluth (1)Hawkinsville (1)Fort Benning (1)Fort Gordon (1)Fort Stewart (1)Ocilla (1)Cochran (1)Monticello (1)Madison (1)Colquitt (1)Springfield (1)Homerville (1)Byron (1)Millen (1)Sylvania (1)Eatonton (1)Blakely (1)Warm Springs (1)Forsyth (1)Jackson (1)Bremen (1)Reidsville (1)Hiawassee (1)Washington (1)Lakeland (1)Alma (1)Sylvester (1)Greensboro (1)Cedartown (1)Camilla (1)Quitman (1)Hazlehurst (1)Metter (1)Hinesville (1)Clayton (1)Elberton (1)Blue Ridge (1)Smyrna (1)Saint Simons Island (1)College Park (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange · A

#2 Adventhealth Murray Chatsworth · A

#3 Memorial Health Meadows Hospital Vidalia · A

#4 Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside Columbus · A

#5 Southeastern Regional Medical Center, INC Newnan · A

#6 Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin Dahlonega · A

#7 Northside Hospital Forsyth Cumming · A-

#8 Northside Hospital Cherokee Canton · A-

#9 Emory University Hospital Atlanta · A-

#10 Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Marietta · A-

#11 Wellstar Paulding Medical Center Hiram · A-

#12 Ngmc Barrow, LLC Winder · A-

#13 Piedmont Walton Hospital Monroe · A-

#14 Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center Athens · A-

#15 Piedmont Hospital, INC Atlanta · A-

#16 Colquitt Regional Medical Center Moultrie · A-

#17 Emanuel Medical Center Swainsboro · A-

#18 Fairview Park Hospital Dublin · A-

#19 Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus Saint Marys · A-

#20 Adventhealth Redmond Rome · A-

#21 Piedmont Macon North Hospital Macon · A-

#22 Piedmont Mountainside Hospital INC Jasper · A-

#23 Piedmont Newnan Hospital, INC Newnan · A-

#24 Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek · A-

#25 Northside Hospital Duluth Duluth · A-

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About hospital licensing in Georgia

Hospitals in Georgia are overseen by the state's licensing authority, whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are there in Georgia?

Georgia has 149 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file, across 116 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Georgia city has the most hospitals?

Atlanta, with 9 licensed hospitals, followed by Savannah (5) and Augusta (5).

How are Georgia hospital grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Georgia republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of September 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: September 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Georgia Hospital Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.09). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/hospital/ga

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Georgia Hospital Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.09, September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/ga.

Plain, Georgia Hospital Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.09, updated September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/ga

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