Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$51,738typical hospital bill

$11,318typical amount paid

$8,632–$26,968range paid across 63 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,738 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah	Savannah	16	$29,064	$8,632
Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside	Columbus	28	$34,961	$8,834
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc	Atlanta	34	$37,285	$8,980
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare	Columbus	31	$48,593	$8,987
Piedmont Macon North Hospital	Macon	17	$29,809	$9,394
Fairview Park Hospital	Dublin	25	$69,147	$9,449
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc	Jasper	19	$33,807	$9,584
Doctors Hospital	Augusta	52	$89,300	$9,614
Sgmc Health	Valdosta	40	$21,733	$9,692
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	48	$64,077	$9,763
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins	Warner Robins	41	$26,015	$10,108
Memorial Satilla Health	Waycross	27	$54,424	$10,112
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center	Cartersville	46	$69,094	$10,157
East Georgia Regional Medical Center	Statesboro	18	$54,352	$10,317
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc	Newnan	37	$49,862	$10,486
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	39	$62,350	$10,491
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	81	$38,414	$10,517
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc	Douglas	15	$55,534	$10,558
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton	Carrollton	29	$45,982	$10,565
AdventHealth Redmond	Rome	18	$80,558	$10,597
Candler Hospital	Savannah	21	$32,320	$10,662
AdventHealth Gordon	Calhoun	13	$43,013	$10,671
Tift Regional Medical Center	Tifton	22	$36,535	$10,848
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center	Hiram	44	$80,321	$10,914
Emory Johns Creek Hospital	Johns Creek	46	$50,668	$10,933
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center	Snellville	38	$61,523	$10,936
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville	85	$58,594	$10,937
Colquitt Regional Medical Center	Moultrie	20	$27,471	$10,993
Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center	Roswell	37	$80,893	$11,026
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba	Macon	32	$70,521	$11,078
Archbold Memorial Hospital	Thomasville	29	$30,905	$11,252
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center	Americus	14	$41,517	$11,318
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	50	$46,395	$11,429
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center	Rome	27	$46,111	$11,498
Piedmont Henry Hospital	Stockbridge	61	$54,093	$11,595
St Mary's Hospital	Athens	21	$33,705	$11,659
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital	Conyers	37	$48,375	$11,810
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown	Columbus	40	$42,408	$11,998
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center	Griffin	25	$91,657	$12,046
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus	Brunswick	39	$26,699	$12,062
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	59	$51,738	$12,133
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	36	$59,068	$12,279
Emory Decatur Hospital	Decatur	38	$49,245	$12,297
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center	Douglasville	27	$86,046	$12,382
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center	Macon	65	$60,346	$12,706
Piedmont Walton Hospital	Monroe	16	$57,423	$12,739
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	104	$59,675	$13,034
Emory Hillandale Hospital	Lithonia	17	$39,089	$13,049
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center	Lagrange	42	$76,159	$13,059
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	42	$46,534	$13,301
Piedmont Newton Hospital	Covington	27	$58,150	$13,315
Northside Hospital Duluth	Duluth	20	$51,591	$13,434
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	54	$68,948	$14,018
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	84	$50,146	$14,281
Southern Regional Medical Center	Riverdale	45	$24,285	$14,537
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	66	$99,660	$15,099
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	104	$80,721	$15,294
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	39	$87,271	$16,395
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	60	$60,107	$16,544
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	69	$50,541	$17,939
Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica	Villa Rica	16	$74,790	$18,118
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	43	$65,796	$22,176
Grady Memorial Hospital	Atlanta	64	$83,208	$26,968

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.