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Top hospitals in Atlanta by net patient revenue

According to Definitive Healthcare Data, Atlanta and its surrounding area have 69 hospitals and 19 integrated delivery networks (IDNs).

Listed below is a collection of the top 15 hospitals in the Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and Roswell CBSA based on net patient revenue (NPR). NPR accounts for all money generated from patient services, whether it’s collected through commercial insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare. It is a standard for measuring the financial performance of healthcare organizations and is one metric available using HospitalView.

Atlanta hospitals with the highest net patient revenue

Rank Hospital name City Definitive ID Net patient revenue # of discharges # of staffed beds Explore dataset 
Northside Hospital Atlanta Atlanta 1000 $2,794,552,358.00 34,079 673 Explore
City of Hope Atlanta cancer hospital (FKA Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Atlanta) Newnan 542244 $1,562,940,708.00 933 50 Explore
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Marietta 967 $1,499,522,327.00 39,868 633 Explore
Emory University Hospital Atlanta 977 $1,424,218,765.00 25,179 639 Explore
Emory University Hospital Midtown (FKA Emory Crawford Long Hospital) Atlanta 995 $1,369,626,969.00 27,668 548 Explore
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital (AKA Piedmont Hospital) Atlanta 998 $1,322,705,163.00 27,552 488 Explore
Northside Hospital Gwinnett (FKA Gwinnett Medical Center - Lawrenceville) Lawrenceville 1007 $1,195,004,296.00 24,795 440 Explore
Grady Health System (AKA Grady Memorial Hospital) Atlanta 996 $1,185,936,329.00 31,873 694 Explore
Childrens Egleston Hospital (FKA Childrens Healthcare Egleston) Atlanta 5185 $941,893,625.00 11,738 330 Explore
10 Childrens Scottish Rite Hospital (FKA Childrens Healthcare Scottish Rite) Atlanta 6343 $905,568,616.00 15,157 319 Explore
11 Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell 965 $897,025,441.00 18,838 367 Explore
12 Northside Hospital Forsyth Cumming 993 $722,920,827.00 17,574 304 Explore
13 Northside Hospital Cherokee Canton 960 $683,240,763.00 15,911 325 Explore
14 Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital (AKA St Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta) Atlanta 997 $552,478,006.00 16,604 344 Explore
15 Piedmont Fayette Hospital Fayetteville 990 $515,954,389.00 18,631 221 Explore

Fig. 1 Data is from the Definitive Healthcare HospitalView product, according to the most recent 12-month interval tracked in our database. Data is accurate as of May 2024.

What Atlanta hospitals have the highest net patient revenue?

The Atlanta hospital with the highest net patient revenue is Northside Hospital Atlanta, with an NPR of $2.7 billion. It is a part of the Northside Hospital IDN, which is the second-highest performing IDN in Atlanta, bringing in an annual NPR of almost $5.6 billion. Northside Hospital serves as the flagship hospital of this IDN and contains 24-hour adult and pediatric ER services, an advanced center for GI therapeutics, comprehensive rehabilitation, and a breast care center.

Northside Hospital in Atlanta is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the #4 hospital in both Atlanta and Georgia. They are high performers in two adult specialties and 15 procedures and conditions, including cancer surgery (leukemia, colon, lung, prostate, ovarian, and uterine), heart attack and heart failure, diabetes, and kidney failure.

The hospital with the second highest NPR in Atlanta is the City of Hope Atlanta Cancer Hospital, with an NPR of $1.5 billion. They are affiliated with a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center (located in Los Angeles) and bring over a century of exceptional service to those in Georgia and the Southeast. They are a leader in five- and 10-year survival rates and treat 46 different types of cancer. Their other centers are in Chicago, Los Angeles, Orange County, and Phoenix, and the Atlanta Center houses Georgia’s only bone marrow transplantation (BMT) program below Interstate 20, bringing new hope to blood cancer patients.

Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center has the third-highest net patient revenue in Atlanta, with an NPR of $1.4 billion. They have been ranked as one of America’s top 100 hospitals for providing critical care and have received the AMSN Prism Award for an exemplary medical-surgical unit. The Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center is a part of the Wellstar Health System, which is the third-highest performing IDN in Atlanta and brings in over $4.6 billion.

How NPR can help your healthcare commercialization strategy

If you’re interested in selling into the Atlanta healthcare industry, understanding the hospital landscape is a critical first step. Whether you’re bringing your product or service to market, knowing which hospitals in the Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and Roswell CBSA have the highest NPR can help you make strategic decisions that will influence the success of your entire performance, including sizing the market,aligning sales territories, or making investment decisions.

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