US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$43,462typical hospital bill
$11,072typical amount paid
$7,724–$26,754range paid across 78 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,462 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 NorthsideColumbus57$36,983$7,724
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah157$32,460$8,605
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek105$42,464$8,885
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram165$77,669$9,082
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta227$42,461$9,329
Union General HospitalBlairsville75$18,155$9,344
Fairview Park HospitalDublin92$80,059$9,456
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon38$37,395$9,460
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro64$47,969$9,717
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins203$28,165$9,754
Sgmc HealthValdosta181$26,498$9,808
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas46$36,405$9,837
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus105$38,700$9,877
Doctors HospitalAugusta78$75,775$9,893
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta381$40,875$9,900
Crisp Regional HospitalCordele29$20,651$9,979
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia21$23,684$10,033
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold20$20,630$10,033
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper99$43,780$10,058
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe104$53,674$10,242
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth51$58,164$10,259
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville28$27,316$10,358
AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth30$43,143$10,431
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest36$30,276$10,469
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross85$53,774$10,504
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan189$52,932$10,514
Candler HospitalSavannah80$37,335$10,525
AdventHealth RedmondRome126$84,534$10,590
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell81$83,911$10,624
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington75$45,742$10,629
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville290$58,272$10,640
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia75$31,560$10,714
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming202$65,921$10,738
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge170$44,952$10,908
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie100$27,047$10,917
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton139$42,955$10,936
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange109$72,627$10,959
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville107$62,494$10,981
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville76$39,441$11,057
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton89$29,589$11,086
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun41$50,772$11,153
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus59$42,739$11,242
Dodge County HospitalEastman15$18,465$11,245
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton186$70,394$11,322
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus37$28,913$11,349
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers119$52,767$11,460
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens378$48,261$11,529
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah187$40,946$11,592
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston25$36,267$11,608
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome127$49,232$11,727
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville78$60,114$11,736
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon62$65,455$11,750
Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder23$34,309$11,839
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick185$32,131$11,972
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur135$47,289$12,013
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin102$87,548$12,070
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica54$40,306$12,078
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton198$54,370$12,131
St Mary's HospitalAthens84$29,171$12,179
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon186$57,451$12,414
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville382$52,081$12,514
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville70$78,836$12,541
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany153$36,168$12,713
Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro16$19,137$12,939
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega19$38,678$13,101
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia58$40,726$13,183
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta159$54,452$13,514
University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson16$18,681$13,698
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta424$87,141$14,055
Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale28$42,621$14,531
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville204$72,108$14,721
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell95$100,797$14,938
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys17$19,434$16,054
Northside HospitalAtlanta99$82,920$16,166
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta255$59,152$17,888
Emory University HospitalAtlanta191$55,739$18,419
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta96$61,824$19,238
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta158$71,888$26,754

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.