US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$218,632typical hospital bill
$44,931typical amount paid
$30,571–$67,412range paid across 17 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $218,632 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton11$191,771$30,571
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta12$152,904$30,677
St Mary's HospitalAthens15$154,214$33,050
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming18$234,474$33,364
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon28$201,392$37,157
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens23$175,490$38,593
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah36$290,377$38,972
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus15$167,306$39,087
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta29$286,063$44,931
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville12$223,824$45,135
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta67$206,826$46,013
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville45$233,727$46,556
Emory University HospitalAtlanta45$169,080$51,030
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta28$218,632$52,239
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell24$243,439$58,670
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta18$250,132$65,885
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta29$531,325$67,412

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.