US Health Care Costs

Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 202: Bronchitis and asthma with cc/mcc

$44,775typical hospital bill
$9,223typical amount paid
$6,651–$22,054range paid across 16 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,775 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta15$32,270$6,651
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram16$67,336$6,723
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta18$31,002$7,500
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins11$27,110$7,864
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville27$39,393$7,955
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton16$46,478$8,131
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge11$41,687$8,546
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick12$24,582$8,795
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming24$60,980$9,652
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell12$66,089$10,561
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville25$59,521$10,867
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville11$47,600$11,420
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta43$59,654$11,735
Northside HospitalAtlanta13$41,999$11,793
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta20$48,655$13,111
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta12$43,071$22,054

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.