US Health Care Costs

Acute Leukemia with Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 834: Acute leukemia with mcc

$424,054typical hospital bill
$81,776typical amount paid
$70,121–$93,430range paid across 2 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $424,054 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Emory University HospitalAtlanta27$213,194$70,121
Northside HospitalAtlanta32$634,913$93,430

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.