Heart catheterization in Georgia

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$58,584typical hospital bill

$10,407typical amount paid

$7,522–$17,628range paid across 40 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,584 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Emory Johns Creek Hospital	Johns Creek	12	$43,378	$7,522
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah	Savannah	44	$40,596	$7,664
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare	Columbus	19	$40,502	$8,025
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	35	$37,739	$8,048
East Georgia Regional Medical Center	Statesboro	15	$61,926	$8,099
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center	Hiram	34	$63,795	$8,168
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins	Warner Robins	17	$36,105	$8,574
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville	17	$58,807	$8,765
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba	Macon	11	$60,615	$8,769
AdventHealth Redmond	Rome	44	$97,910	$8,827
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc	Atlanta	40	$43,959	$9,156
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center	Lagrange	20	$55,834	$9,361
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton	Carrollton	31	$53,491	$9,389
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	11	$62,973	$9,566
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center	Snellville	14	$61,302	$10,049
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	41	$85,105	$10,054
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital	Vidalia	15	$54,941	$10,075
Sgmc Health	Valdosta	12	$68,897	$10,234
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	24	$49,244	$10,255
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	50	$65,456	$10,339
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center	Douglasville	12	$76,456	$10,474
St Mary's Hospital	Athens	25	$33,161	$10,519
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc	Newnan	20	$57,850	$10,715
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus	Brunswick	35	$27,508	$10,840
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	21	$66,153	$10,843
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	20	$60,772	$11,383
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center	Macon	42	$67,052	$11,449
Archbold Memorial Hospital	Thomasville	14	$40,310	$11,818
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center	Rome	32	$58,361	$12,030
Piedmont Henry Hospital	Stockbridge	12	$51,035	$12,064
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	56	$61,620	$12,471
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	32	$105,452	$12,560
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	12	$39,789	$12,673
Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica	Villa Rica	14	$50,535	$13,022
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center	Cartersville	15	$80,690	$13,064
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	14	$101,465	$13,672
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	51	$75,740	$13,883
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	11	$45,327	$14,882
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	19	$74,037	$16,867
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	17	$46,915	$17,628

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.