Georgia has 164 open hospitals across 119 cities. By type: 102 acute care hospitals, 31 critical access hospitals, 13 psychiatric hospitals, 3 VA acute care hospitals, 3 military acute care hospitals, 2 long-term care hospitals, 2 children's hospitals and 1 rural emergency hospital (type not recorded for 7).
Georgia's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 3 hr 22 min
- Top rated
- Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside (5★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 34 min
- Top rated
- Decatur (Atlanta) VA Medical Center (3★)
- Median ER
- 5 hr 43 min
- Top rated
- Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (2★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr
- Top rated
- Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus (2★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 35 min
- Top rated
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin (5★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 24 min
- Top rated
- Wellstar Douglas Hospital (3★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Meadows Regional Medical CenterVidalia
- Murray Medical CenterChatsworth
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega
- West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange
- Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus
- Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus
- City of Hope AtlantaNewnan
- St Marys Good Samaritan HospitalGreensboro
- Optim Medical Center - TattnallReidsville 1 hr 6 min
- Brooks County HospitalQuitman 1 hr 10 min
- Warm Springs Medical CenterWarm Springs 1 hr 16 min
- Jasper Memorial HospitalMonticello 1 hr 24 min
- Sgmc Health LanierLakeland 1 hr 24 min
- Miller County HospitalColquitt 1 hr 31 min
- Clinch Memorial HospitalHomerville 1 hr 33 min
- Pioneer Community Hospital of EarlyBlakely 1 hr 35 min
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All Georgia cities with hospitals
All 119 Georgia cities A–Z
- Bainbridge (1)
- Baxley (1)
- Blairsville (1)
- Blakely (1)
- Blue Ridge (1)
- Bremen (1)
- Brunswick (2)
- Dahlonega (2)
- Dallas (1)
- Dalton (1)
- Decatur (3)
- Demorest (1)
- Donalsonville (1)
- Douglas (1)
- Douglasville (2)
- Dublin (2)
- Duluth (1)
- Fayetteville (1)
- Fitzgerald (1)
- Forest Park (1)
- Forsyth (1)
- Fort Benning (1)
- Fort Gordon (1)
- Fort Stewart (1)
- Fort Valley (1)
- Gainesville (1)
- Greensboro (1)
- Griffin (1)
- Hawkinsville (1)
- Hazlehurst (1)
- Hiawassee (1)
- Hinesville (1)
- Homerville (1)
- Jackson (1)
- Jasper (1)
- Jesup (1)
- Johns Creek (1)
- Kennesaw (1)
- Lagrange (1)
- Lakeland (1)
- Lawrenceville (2)
- Lithonia (1)
- Louisville (1)
- Macon (3)
- Madison (1)
- Marietta (2)
- Metter (1)
- Milledgeville (1)
- Millen (1)
- Monroe (2)
- Montezuma (1)
- Monticello (1)
- Moultrie (2)
- Ocilla (1)
- Perry (1)
- Quitman (1)
- Saint Simons Island (1)
- Sandersville (1)
- Savannah (5)
- Smyrna (1)
- Snellville (1)
- Springfield (1)
- St Marys (1)
- Statesboro (1)
- Stockbridge (1)
- Swainsboro (1)
- Sylvania (1)
- Sylvester (1)
- Thomaston (1)
- Thomasville (1)
- Thomson (1)
- Tifton (1)
- Toccoa (1)
- Valdosta (2)
- Valley (1)
- Vidalia (1)
- Villa Rica (1)
- Warm Springs (2)
- Warner Robins (1)
- Washington (1)
- Waycross (1)
- Waynesboro (1)
- Winder (1)
Largest hospitals in Georgia
Ranked by beds reported on each hospital's latest Medicare cost report. Largest doesn't mean best, and campuses filing one report are counted together.
- Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta 786 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Northeast Georgia Medical CenterGainesville 715 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Northside HospitalAtlanta 685 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon 673 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Emory University HospitalAtlanta 666 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
Health insurance in Georgia
Georgia runs its own exchange, Georgia Access.
People and health care in Georgia
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Georgia
Healthcare jobs and pay in Georgia
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Georgia, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Georgia
How many hospitals are in Georgia?
There are 164 open hospitals in Georgia across 119 cities. 138 of them have an emergency department.
Which Georgia city has the most hospitals?
Atlanta, with 13 hospitals. Augusta is next with 6.
How long is the ER wait in Georgia?
The median emergency room visit in Georgia lasts 2 hr 47 min, 18 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 29 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Georgia hospitals have 5 stars?
7 of the 87 Georgia hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 28 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.0 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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