US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$63,218typical hospital bill
$12,828typical amount paid
$8,975–$30,088range paid across 40 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,218 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
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram13$51,470$8,975
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah13$45,859$9,414
Sgmc HealthValdosta17$35,521$9,537
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta15$32,314$9,995
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek15$46,528$10,092
Doctors HospitalAugusta11$100,206$10,529
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming17$68,324$10,691
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville12$55,932$10,888
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins18$28,003$11,004
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville24$64,676$11,357
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan13$61,627$11,393
AdventHealth RedmondRome19$109,674$11,417
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton27$77,134$11,608
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville24$75,766$11,661
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange12$95,210$11,863
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta23$55,800$11,981
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton15$54,991$12,300
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge26$64,786$12,367
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon12$131,506$12,519
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome17$44,446$12,720
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin14$82,900$12,937
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah26$49,411$12,995
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany11$55,083$13,088
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur22$44,274$13,127
St Mary's HospitalAthens12$26,933$13,129
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick11$25,581$13,313
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville19$93,996$13,371
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers13$61,894$13,430
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon17$71,758$13,525
Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale13$34,282$14,877
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville31$85,676$14,986
Northside HospitalAtlanta12$73,784$15,177
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta38$88,780$15,315
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell25$74,729$16,070
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta17$50,528$16,867
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens18$53,194$18,034
Emory University HospitalAtlanta14$64,541$19,123
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta20$84,088$20,282
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta11$65,628$22,387
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta31$122,637$30,088

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.