US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$46,264typical hospital bill
$9,907typical amount paid
$6,698–$25,422range paid across 53 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,264 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus30$34,074$6,698
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah14$32,938$7,383
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta23$31,257$7,435
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek16$40,122$7,645
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram41$84,065$7,776
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah11$30,187$8,399
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming32$52,954$8,637
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins31$30,584$8,720
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta29$52,907$8,779
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper21$44,540$8,795
AdventHealth RedmondRome33$77,312$8,843
Union General HospitalBlairsville23$28,286$8,892
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe12$73,575$8,990
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun13$80,500$9,065
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan32$46,264$9,125
Candler HospitalSavannah12$21,696$9,360
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton48$57,911$9,376
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington15$41,312$9,423
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro45$51,907$9,426
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia17$20,358$9,505
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur22$41,656$9,669
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange14$50,501$9,743
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie20$27,612$9,786
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville29$63,283$9,828
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville49$49,834$9,829
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon33$58,167$9,831
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers13$48,737$9,907
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville24$34,284$9,938
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus12$24,379$9,942
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge33$54,915$9,969
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens54$42,222$10,044
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin11$71,786$10,093
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus28$44,442$10,125
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville14$22,254$10,274
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton51$44,324$10,312
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome68$35,472$10,376
St Mary's HospitalAthens13$24,819$10,491
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville33$73,273$10,578
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick24$30,172$10,756
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon52$50,208$10,803
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton32$55,350$10,881
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell22$67,468$11,078
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica33$42,622$11,123
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville98$45,682$11,134
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville43$67,842$11,793
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta71$67,746$11,847
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest11$45,720$11,931
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany33$41,538$11,948
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta25$50,984$13,502
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta25$61,096$15,583
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta25$47,495$16,628
Emory University HospitalAtlanta21$63,395$17,510
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta20$99,163$25,422

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.