US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$74,299typical hospital bill
$14,796typical amount paid
$9,402–$32,016range paid across 48 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,299 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus16$48,723$9,402
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah22$50,794$11,741
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus25$47,699$11,777
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek34$59,962$12,369
Sgmc HealthValdosta33$41,327$12,517
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta29$70,394$12,971
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins39$38,144$13,067
Doctors HospitalAugusta30$113,657$13,096
AdventHealth RedmondRome53$106,718$13,244
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton47$91,594$13,578
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville18$43,092$13,771
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming43$105,431$13,884
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington17$69,219$13,989
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton28$67,704$14,038
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville13$80,721$14,064
Candler HospitalSavannah16$73,488$14,067
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta50$61,662$14,101
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange14$119,809$14,274
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell22$133,981$14,304
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge41$83,976$14,395
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers18$75,111$14,491
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon16$75,606$14,571
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville43$76,376$14,590
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan19$69,523$14,779
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah31$70,467$14,813
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus32$60,221$14,874
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens45$63,492$15,263
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome16$78,176$15,532
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville20$131,504$15,671
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville14$63,774$15,947
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell25$130,911$16,182
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon52$73,055$16,201
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram21$110,997$16,253
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick26$41,760$16,360
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur29$60,066$16,470
St Mary's HospitalAthens19$38,603$16,953
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville73$94,400$17,472
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin16$97,226$17,532
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville32$103,868$17,910
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta42$70,931$19,302
Northside HospitalAtlanta27$138,747$20,482
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton13$88,417$20,517
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta20$98,131$21,483
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany28$71,483$21,548
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta68$115,851$22,580
Emory University HospitalAtlanta43$71,535$22,921
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta27$88,458$24,427
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta18$164,638$32,016

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.