US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$43,271typical hospital bill
$8,965typical amount paid
$6,758–$22,015range paid across 60 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,271 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram46$57,503$6,758
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah41$31,608$6,847
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus22$35,135$6,884
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta66$34,614$7,027
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek38$31,579$7,167
Fairview Park HospitalDublin12$65,522$7,201
Union General HospitalBlairsville13$16,478$7,238
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta91$29,739$7,260
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus28$25,628$7,430
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro29$40,214$7,745
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross12$68,401$7,792
Doctors HospitalAugusta28$57,200$7,801
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth12$65,924$7,922
AdventHealth RedmondRome53$69,269$7,994
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins42$24,349$8,050
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper21$41,755$8,095
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming55$71,615$8,125
Candler HospitalSavannah25$36,867$8,414
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah35$34,046$8,552
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan35$45,537$8,648
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville40$45,554$8,739
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia11$41,425$8,851
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon25$45,523$8,866
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie20$27,520$8,881
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville30$48,855$8,932
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus11$32,424$8,947
Sgmc HealthValdosta44$34,845$8,954
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville22$25,203$8,959
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe12$38,597$8,962
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton23$25,422$8,965
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington24$44,787$8,966
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers19$59,160$9,004
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick31$17,642$9,005
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus31$34,071$9,157
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton65$60,219$9,258
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell38$72,070$9,320
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville22$46,730$9,324
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany44$29,504$9,415
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens88$41,706$9,600
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur42$28,258$9,792
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton55$41,673$9,792
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge50$47,193$9,814
St Mary's HospitalAthens30$20,346$9,916
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon62$41,539$10,256
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton37$36,081$10,563
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville117$52,076$10,644
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta22$38,360$10,932
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome28$48,620$11,109
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin20$64,275$11,296
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville19$62,281$11,379
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta146$72,252$11,469
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia16$24,320$11,585
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange24$59,436$11,590
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville39$61,512$11,671
Northside HospitalAtlanta53$57,593$11,945
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell29$74,943$12,500
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta60$46,967$12,563
Emory University HospitalAtlanta35$45,385$14,995
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta30$49,891$16,414
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta18$57,832$22,015

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.