Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center in Cartersville, GA
Also known as Humana Hospital
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About Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level III trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 3 out of 5. It has 119 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Northside Hospital Cherokee, about 19 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.00
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 0.00
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.00
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.00
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 2.76
47% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend65%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1066%
- Completed surveys662
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
34.19974, -84.79521
Nearby hospitals
- Northside Hospital Cherokee450 Northside Cherokee Boulevard, Canton, GA · Emergency roomAcute care hospital19 mi
- Wellstar Paulding Medical Center2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, Hiram, GA · Level IV traumaAcute care hospital21 mi
- Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center677 Church Street, Marietta, GA · Level II traumaAcute care hospital21 mi
- Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center304 Turner Mccall Boulevard, Rome, GAAcute care hospital22 mi
- Adventhealth Gordon1035 Red Bud Road, Calhoun, GAAcute care hospital23 mi
- Adventhealth Redmond501 Redmond Road NW, Rome, GA · Level III traumaAcute care hospital23 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center located?
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center is at 960 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, Cartersville, GA 30120 in Bartow County.
Does Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 169 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center?
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level III trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Georgia EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (470) 490-1000.
Would patients recommend Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (662 completed surveys), 65% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 66% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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