US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$66,537typical hospital bill
$13,345typical amount paid
$8,460–$29,050range paid across 56 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $66,537 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 NorthsideColumbus27$35,952$8,460
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah22$48,380$10,194
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek14$51,316$10,405
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram42$100,291$10,748
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta24$61,394$10,869
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins86$41,398$11,095
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta38$50,533$11,141
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper14$43,937$11,440
Fairview Park HospitalDublin30$107,692$11,654
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro63$57,031$11,703
Doctors HospitalAugusta32$117,352$11,727
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus88$50,292$11,733
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville20$44,866$11,760
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun79$67,558$12,099
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross33$84,083$12,150
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton34$75,762$12,210
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington21$65,516$12,214
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton24$50,880$12,224
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan34$74,326$12,330
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia24$43,733$12,424
AdventHealth RedmondRome206$109,957$12,500
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming49$114,575$12,729
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton18$49,796$12,760
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville63$63,637$12,771
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah67$62,822$12,793
Sgmc HealthValdosta46$35,546$13,038
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus48$47,144$13,109
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville46$86,621$13,326
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville24$128,398$13,364
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin43$110,101$13,427
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur25$56,870$13,579
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon24$97,048$13,606
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge94$63,594$13,736
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica14$58,931$13,845
St Mary's HospitalAthens18$43,241$13,928
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell38$101,215$14,005
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens46$62,041$14,134
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers43$72,076$14,258
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton63$65,276$14,276
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick67$31,968$14,602
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon53$73,773$14,825
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia11$60,836$15,548
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany21$42,441$16,104
Northside HospitalAtlanta25$116,511$16,219
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville58$118,496$16,372
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville109$86,328$16,543
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta67$123,705$16,587
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange33$87,533$16,611
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta26$71,203$16,790
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville35$91,625$16,795
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell74$131,353$17,122
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome47$60,471$17,373
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta61$73,990$19,443
Emory University HospitalAtlanta22$73,865$22,987
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta22$79,871$23,939
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta24$136,111$29,050

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.