Fainting in Georgia

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$41,395typical hospital bill

$7,910typical amount paid

$6,009–$23,254range paid across 49 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,395 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc	Atlanta	28	$33,399	$6,009
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah	Savannah	42	$27,567	$6,009
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center	Hiram	23	$53,502	$6,046
Emory Johns Creek Hospital	Johns Creek	23	$24,046	$6,064
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	70	$27,360	$6,561
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare	Columbus	19	$28,339	$6,597
Fairview Park Hospital	Dublin	14	$67,361	$6,599
East Georgia Regional Medical Center	Statesboro	23	$40,301	$6,753
AdventHealth Redmond	Rome	23	$64,338	$6,980
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins	Warner Robins	37	$21,853	$7,218
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc	Jasper	11	$31,387	$7,252
Doctors Hospital	Augusta	20	$54,380	$7,281
Sgmc Health	Valdosta	30	$19,388	$7,289
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center	Cartersville	21	$51,286	$7,475
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	45	$49,171	$7,505
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville	52	$41,395	$7,570
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc	Newnan	30	$37,966	$7,570
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba	Macon	15	$46,855	$7,701
Candler Hospital	Savannah	22	$27,860	$7,741
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	44	$51,241	$7,817
Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center	Roswell	26	$63,046	$7,819
Piedmont Newton Hospital	Covington	11	$41,596	$7,831
Piedmont Henry Hospital	Stockbridge	35	$36,972	$7,845
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center	Snellville	15	$50,605	$7,904
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus	Brunswick	35	$25,620	$7,910
Colquitt Regional Medical Center	Moultrie	11	$21,604	$7,945
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center	Lagrange	19	$51,221	$8,139
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	63	$41,522	$8,254
Tift Regional Medical Center	Tifton	27	$27,712	$8,274
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown	Columbus	27	$34,737	$8,308
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	33	$31,050	$8,409
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital	Conyers	20	$43,736	$8,436
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	41	$26,908	$8,507
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	33	$44,382	$8,509
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton	Carrollton	11	$25,284	$9,119
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center	Douglasville	11	$59,221	$9,121
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	67	$45,656	$9,281
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center	Macon	57	$42,912	$9,315
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center	Rome	35	$33,751	$9,557
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	49	$34,882	$9,617
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	33	$57,854	$9,698
Emory Decatur Hospital	Decatur	12	$24,964	$9,779
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	113	$50,373	$10,355
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	13	$30,245	$10,621
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	45	$57,910	$11,427
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	19	$29,424	$11,596
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	30	$63,861	$11,959
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	35	$50,194	$13,667
Grady Memorial Hospital	Atlanta	45	$82,242	$23,254

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.