US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$75,591typical hospital bill
$18,687typical amount paid
$13,267–$33,608range paid across 29 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $75,591 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
Sgmc HealthValdosta12$43,125$13,267
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah17$58,463$13,313
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus17$46,748$14,460
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek20$57,036$14,683
Fairview Park HospitalDublin12$96,341$14,689
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins19$49,561$15,124
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming14$127,079$15,558
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton20$92,840$16,201
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta25$61,017$16,379
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville31$99,765$16,812
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah24$69,112$17,255
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens16$50,293$17,629
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta41$75,591$18,520
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge14$69,963$18,661
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon30$65,062$18,687
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick24$35,692$19,265
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan23$89,575$19,544
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville41$88,367$20,512
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus25$84,562$20,918
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton13$55,047$20,963
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta47$142,347$21,132
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell17$151,643$21,198
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta25$72,715$21,325
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville21$124,344$23,972
Northside HospitalAtlanta21$179,232$24,608
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta19$72,244$26,035
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta50$106,151$27,115
Emory University HospitalAtlanta76$77,253$31,329
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta20$105,581$33,608

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.