GA · Acute Care Hospitals
Union General Hospital
Union General Hospital in Blairsville, GA. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 4/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #986 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
35 HOSPITAL ROAD, Blairsville, GA 30512
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating B+
- 4 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety C-
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Readmission Rates F
- 0 better / 1 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (3 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (7 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS Hospital Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, Union General Hospital ranks #986 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (4/5).
- #986
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 4/5
- overall star rating
- GA
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 110051 · GA 4/5★
STAR-4 · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · GOV-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-OFF · QUAL-PAR
- STAR-4 4/5 stars
- MID-PACK #986/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- GOV-OWN Government - Local
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
- ER-OFF No ER line
- QUAL-PAR 14 same-as-avg
Nearest rated peer outside GA: Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MN (±0★)
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
Star-rating neighbourhood around Union General Hospital
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside GA, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
4 Top 37% higher than 63% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
Union General Hospital tracks near national average on CMS measure cells
Most published measure cells sit at national average (14 same-as-avg · 0 above · 1 below). This is a PAR sheet, not a star-rating substitute.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(706) 745-2111
35 HOSPITAL ROAD, Blairsville, GA 30512
What to do with this hospital profile
Union General Hospital tracks near national average on CMS measure cells. Compare GA facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
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- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Union General Hospital, all outside GA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside GA (4/5 here).
Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside GA.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside GA by CMS above/same/below cell totals (0/14/1 here · QUAL-PAR). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Union General Hospital rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
Union General Hospital beats 63% of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published CMS overall star rating, at 4/5 stars.
What type of hospital is Union General Hospital?
Union General Hospital is an acute care hospitals, government - local ownership, located in Blairsville, GA.
Does Union General Hospital publish machine-readable price data?
Union General Hospital does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.