Cellulitis with Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 602: Cellulitis with mcc

$64,196typical hospital bill

$14,614typical amount paid

$10,280–$19,769range paid across 12 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,196 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	11	$40,878	$10,280
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	18	$106,456	$11,137
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	16	$54,534	$11,305
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	17	$71,782	$13,032
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	16	$61,464	$13,310
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	12	$44,978	$13,729
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	31	$66,927	$15,499
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	29	$67,343	$15,682
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	12	$53,128	$17,308
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	13	$78,572	$18,060
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	12	$35,674	$18,329
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	13	$122,384	$19,769

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.