Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center: labor and delivery in Athens, GA
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia that delivers babies. It handled 2,922 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 29% delivered by C-section (973 such births). That is below the Georgia rate of 30% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 29%First-birth C-section rate
- 2,922Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 473Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 4 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Water birth options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Birth center tours
- OB hospitalists on staff
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
1199 Prince Avenue
Athens, GA 30606
Clarke County
Call (706) 475-7000 Directions
- Emergency department: No
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Other
How Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 29% | 30% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 473 | 343 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 81 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Georgia, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center has the 34th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 64 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- Patient survey summary: 3 of 5 stars
- 77% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 74% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Athens
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Hospital | Athens | 1.1 | 30% | 1,368 | Yes |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | Monroe | 23 | 38% | 410 | Yes |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. | Gainesville | 34 | 27% | 3,752 | Yes |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | Lawrenceville | 35 | 30% | 3,742 | Yes |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLC | Lavonia | 36 | 19% | 248 | Yes |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | Covington | 36 | 29% | 836 | Yes |
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