US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Georgia

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$31,466typical hospital bill
$7,940typical amount paid
$6,092–$21,363range paid across 44 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,466 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek22$20,406$6,092
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah27$21,669$6,179
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus11$29,567$6,363
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta36$22,711$6,475
Union General HospitalBlairsville11$14,662$6,506
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram22$46,104$6,598
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth15$43,351$6,632
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming47$46,482$6,938
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro15$29,348$6,997
AdventHealth RedmondRome16$61,872$7,215
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta24$23,028$7,252
Doctors HospitalAugusta18$37,461$7,292
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper15$26,706$7,344
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins28$18,355$7,368
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville21$40,817$7,443
Sgmc HealthValdosta14$17,590$7,446
Stephens County HospitalToccoa11$9,568$7,497
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville11$36,024$7,594
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton44$47,412$7,615
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan11$28,413$7,659
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell13$48,638$7,881
Candler HospitalSavannah18$23,328$7,891
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange11$31,826$7,989
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick19$22,763$8,096
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton23$28,421$8,202
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens35$27,987$8,373
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville13$37,685$8,585
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany13$27,013$8,804
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers11$32,165$8,827
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton27$31,106$8,887
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah15$30,870$9,059
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville85$38,276$9,210
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville15$31,871$9,230
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome41$36,557$9,336
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville30$44,482$9,827
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell16$56,720$9,956
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon18$29,873$9,966
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta11$23,189$9,995
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta42$33,021$10,918
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta55$40,704$11,073
Northside HospitalAtlanta31$44,729$11,214
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest11$34,351$11,683
Emory University HospitalAtlanta24$29,687$12,024
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta15$40,324$21,363

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.