Heart catheterization, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$96,458typical hospital bill

$18,646typical amount paid

$13,580–$35,962range paid across 37 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $96,458 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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	15	$63,503	$13,580
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah	Savannah	28	$66,712	$13,773
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center	Hiram	21	$98,425	$15,077
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins	Warner Robins	19	$50,146	$15,467
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center	Snellville	12	$102,295	$15,702
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville	28	$96,458	$16,459
AdventHealth Redmond	Rome	27	$142,184	$16,844
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	43	$117,638	$16,884
AdventHealth Gordon	Calhoun	20	$100,663	$16,977
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare	Columbus	11	$68,997	$17,167
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc	Newnan	26	$85,166	$17,194
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton	Carrollton	23	$78,797	$17,216
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center	Cartersville	25	$150,802	$17,279
Colquitt Regional Medical Center	Moultrie	11	$45,363	$17,323
Archbold Memorial Hospital	Thomasville	41	$46,846	$17,366
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	58	$68,628	$17,598
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	20	$136,113	$18,579
Piedmont Henry Hospital	Stockbridge	15	$81,854	$18,631
St Mary's Hospital	Athens	13	$45,756	$18,646
Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center	Roswell	12	$151,708	$18,915
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center	Rome	28	$68,338	$19,237
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	22	$100,454	$19,360
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	31	$81,339	$19,365
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center	Macon	40	$107,787	$19,386
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	37	$134,672	$19,576
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc	Atlanta	39	$74,733	$19,735
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus	Brunswick	26	$40,195	$19,997
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	78	$117,782	$20,073
Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica	Villa Rica	11	$70,246	$20,391
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	13	$115,894	$21,119
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	17	$66,058	$21,152
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	78	$144,172	$21,529
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	17	$82,510	$21,820
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	129	$106,988	$25,954
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	33	$123,053	$29,061
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	38	$131,541	$29,077
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	40	$111,466	$35,962

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.