US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$99,515typical hospital bill
$16,042typical amount paid
$12,218–$36,427range paid across 52 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $99,515 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus15$74,914$12,218
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon15$98,470$13,900
Fairview Park HospitalDublin17$142,632$14,084
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta33$56,735$14,106
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek15$58,561$14,316
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus13$68,279$14,385
Doctors HospitalAugusta28$193,196$14,391
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram11$110,573$14,403
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro21$139,885$14,423
Union General HospitalBlairsville20$47,139$14,764
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah39$81,972$14,818
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming40$106,645$14,995
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun19$134,358$15,104
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins27$59,131$15,164
Sgmc HealthValdosta33$62,684$15,201
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta30$79,972$15,340
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper15$84,484$15,408
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe25$110,790$15,443
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia16$95,671$15,471
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan31$96,381$15,570
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton51$97,143$15,738
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville14$141,524$15,800
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus14$79,377$15,915
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton42$64,148$15,925
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston11$53,875$15,984
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon15$110,674$16,021
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton16$66,782$16,064
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville35$97,166$16,109
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington20$125,565$16,166
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville24$49,998$16,375
AdventHealth RedmondRome16$167,357$16,579
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell66$103,719$16,650
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge34$106,031$16,878
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah58$158,279$17,802
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens83$111,353$18,133
St Mary's HospitalAthens29$67,340$18,169
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton27$90,360$18,252
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell21$114,699$18,352
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon75$101,310$18,826
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta18$89,938$19,161
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville168$132,053$19,508
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta139$127,440$19,680
Northside HospitalAtlanta22$131,104$19,793
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick29$50,298$20,146
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany34$90,365$20,201
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome41$117,421$20,313
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta24$121,570$20,493
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville12$100,560$20,620
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin12$90,584$20,821
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville56$112,767$23,977
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta26$106,579$24,987
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta51$217,947$36,427

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.