US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders in Georgia

MS-DRG 392: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

$33,995typical hospital bill
$7,624typical amount paid
$4,804–$21,988range paid across 66 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,995 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 NorthsideColumbus18$24,611$4,804
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah32$31,381$5,375
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek33$28,257$5,708
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta62$25,965$5,962
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta68$30,435$6,027
Union General HospitalBlairsville35$13,779$6,070
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus26$28,272$6,179
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram58$45,359$6,326
Doctors HospitalAugusta23$50,117$6,475
AdventHealth RedmondRome31$59,141$6,477
Fairview Park HospitalDublin29$57,878$6,486
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth20$49,919$6,548
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross26$45,477$6,603
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper21$25,167$6,681
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro15$37,924$6,757
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming67$51,569$6,762
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins34$18,095$6,778
Sgmc HealthValdosta45$25,196$6,808
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon13$32,235$6,892
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas11$22,387$6,908
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan32$43,783$6,959
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston15$30,305$7,144
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville17$18,652$7,159
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick35$15,499$7,179
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie24$20,306$7,247
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell24$50,762$7,303
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon27$34,585$7,341
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton21$32,581$7,355
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville51$35,064$7,367
Candler HospitalSavannah31$25,236$7,439
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur16$28,572$7,450
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers23$37,498$7,592
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest14$38,828$7,621
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe24$38,491$7,627
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup11$20,866$7,628
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah60$29,873$7,663
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville25$40,330$7,673
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia15$29,984$7,817
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus12$27,197$7,839
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington14$43,206$7,868
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville19$47,015$7,872
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens81$32,113$7,880
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin21$48,592$7,921
St Mary's HospitalAthens32$22,445$8,008
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome54$35,665$8,226
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton33$25,762$8,303
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville133$39,255$8,418
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany37$25,175$8,439
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange19$53,432$8,461
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton43$35,743$8,614
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun16$33,406$8,719
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon37$44,218$8,727
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge26$32,116$8,824
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica13$30,036$8,956
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus11$28,484$9,144
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton58$44,540$9,296
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega15$43,578$9,362
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta25$31,172$9,680
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell25$68,939$9,793
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta97$38,328$9,960
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville60$48,211$10,134
Emory University HospitalAtlanta46$25,777$10,825
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta101$42,527$10,871
Northside HospitalAtlanta56$45,558$10,999
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta30$34,787$13,085
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta16$41,097$21,988

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.