US Health Care Costs

Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 432: Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with mcc

$93,233typical hospital bill
$16,767typical amount paid
$13,557–$30,913range paid across 12 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,233 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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
Doctors HospitalAugusta25$95,142$13,557
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming22$102,483$14,076
Sgmc HealthValdosta12$56,085$14,600
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton12$69,172$15,136
AdventHealth RedmondRome15$164,537$16,441
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah14$67,653$16,627
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta18$91,323$16,907
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick11$27,389$17,651
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens17$74,102$18,424
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville27$109,798$18,937
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta15$111,228$28,762
Emory University HospitalAtlanta21$106,967$30,913

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.