Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Union General Hospital?
35 Hospital Road · Blairsville, GA · 30512
Overview
Beds189
Discharges2,732cost report 2025
Occupancy13%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)611
Union General Hospital is a short-term acute hospital in Blairsville, Georgia, operated by Union County Hospital Authority. Union County has 2 hospitals, 1 nursing homes and 0 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Union General Hospital is operated by Union County Hospital Authority, part of Union General Health System.
- Operator
- Union County Hospital Authority
- Owner group
- Union General Health System
- Ownership type
- Local
- Sources
- CMS record · 2024
- Company website · 2026
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Union General Hospital, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Union General Health System
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $119.4M |
| Operating expenses | $119.8M |
| Net income | $14.8M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 12.4% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $2.4M |
| Charity care cost | $643K |
| Medicaid net revenue | $15.3M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 8.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 59.0%
- Medicare 40.5%
- Medicaid 0.5%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 75 | $9K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with CC · 194 | 56 | $6K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 42 | $12K |
| Kidney and urinary tract infections without MCC · 690 | 42 | $6K |
| Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without MCC · 392 | 35 | $6K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 315 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 163 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 120 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 103 |
| Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361 | 81 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 35 Hospital Road · Blairsville, GA · 30512
- County
- Union County
- State
- Georgia
Hospitals in the county2
Nursing homes1
Urgent care centers0
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Union General Rehabilitation Center | Blairsville | 0.2 mi |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | Hiawassee | 12.5 mi |
| Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital | Murphy | 12.9 mi |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | Blue Ridge | 23.5 mi |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | Dahlonega | 29.7 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS record · Company website
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
- Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 110051
- NPI
- 1487684122
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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