US Health Care Costs

Piedmont Macon North Hospital

400 Charter Boulevard, Macon, GA 31210 · (478) 757-5990

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.0Mnet income, all sources
18.9%margin on patient care alone
$9.8Mcost of charity care (18.5% of costs)
$6.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
61beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87151$55,624$14,041
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$37,395$9,460
Sepsis 87221$32,464$8,737
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$43,354$10,521
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$26,455$6,637
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$29,809$9,394
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$98,470$13,900
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$38,150$10,942
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$32,235$6,892
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$31,467$7,360
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$33,030$6,808
Urinary tract infection 69012$40,672$7,971
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