US Health Care Costs

Extracranial Procedures with Cc in Georgia

MS-DRG 038: Extracranial procedures with cc

$89,350typical hospital bill
$14,417typical amount paid
$11,768–$17,260range paid across 8 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $89,350 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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 ForsythCumming13$81,160$11,768
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta13$52,769$12,188
AdventHealth RedmondRome17$168,269$12,450
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta19$57,084$13,466
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta28$112,356$15,369
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville32$85,483$15,559
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome12$131,035$15,760
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta18$93,216$17,260

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.