US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Georgia

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$33,024typical hospital bill
$7,486typical amount paid
$4,785–$21,558range paid across 64 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,024 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 NorthsideColumbus24$25,399$4,785
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta40$24,735$5,420
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah30$22,162$5,618
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta68$25,849$6,189
Union General HospitalBlairsville31$18,438$6,223
Fairview Park HospitalDublin16$63,518$6,238
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming45$47,031$6,296
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek32$26,621$6,365
AdventHealth RedmondRome19$80,942$6,385
Doctors HospitalAugusta13$64,791$6,460
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins25$18,489$6,473
Sgmc HealthValdosta48$22,195$6,490
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville26$40,260$6,589
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon19$26,455$6,637
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross11$33,269$6,698
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe23$32,945$6,705
Stephens County HospitalToccoa12$18,623$6,713
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram30$43,124$6,745
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas22$32,799$6,785
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville57$38,280$6,837
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton34$37,947$6,853
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon16$38,656$6,878
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston19$29,971$7,002
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick28$17,676$7,155
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan32$33,599$7,170
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell34$42,148$7,175
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington19$38,933$7,230
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville20$47,932$7,304
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie51$20,465$7,305
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus22$26,381$7,336
Candler HospitalSavannah21$26,043$7,426
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge29$32,623$7,481
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest19$37,319$7,492
St Mary's HospitalAthens22$18,497$7,502
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup17$14,784$7,516
Dodge County HospitalEastman12$13,492$7,527
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia16$23,552$7,544
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens53$33,460$7,559
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin20$60,582$7,671
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton23$24,985$7,740
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega11$40,170$7,837
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur22$21,172$7,856
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany30$25,359$7,887
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah20$42,961$7,916
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville24$22,806$7,935
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers26$33,552$7,958
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper17$23,344$7,974
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus12$26,032$8,104
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton28$25,407$8,125
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome29$25,923$8,277
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange24$43,948$8,343
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville85$42,020$8,397
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton30$45,910$8,486
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon33$38,142$8,728
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta33$33,103$8,858
Memorial Hospital and ManorBainbridge11$14,605$9,196
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville23$48,415$9,235
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell38$56,938$9,247
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta120$46,883$9,574
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta27$38,964$9,900
Northside HospitalAtlanta28$38,659$10,493
Emory University HospitalAtlanta35$29,575$13,407
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta33$35,670$13,458
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta24$74,171$21,558

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.