US Health Care Costs

Extracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 039: Extracranial procedures without cc/mcc

$60,216typical hospital bill
$10,074typical amount paid
$7,816–$12,102range paid across 12 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $60,216 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah33$43,233$7,816
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta22$57,886$8,837
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming19$62,546$8,873
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta26$37,890$9,006
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus21$54,244$9,547
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton18$44,500$9,802
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta24$72,255$10,345
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah14$123,836$10,443
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens17$66,840$10,935
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville29$77,650$11,588
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon11$53,615$11,992
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta26$92,046$12,102

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.