US Health Care Costs

Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Cc/Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 928: Full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with cc/mcc

$379,378typical hospital bill
$57,483typical amount paid
$50,871–$134,566range paid across 3 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $379,378 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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
Doctors HospitalAugusta13$379,378$50,871
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell14$265,901$57,483
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta13$781,564$134,566

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.