US Health Care Costs

Hypertension with Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 304: Hypertension with mcc

$53,808typical hospital bill
$10,966typical amount paid
$7,979–$16,586range paid across 18 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $53,808 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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 Augusta HospitalAugusta20$34,097$7,979
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming12$63,890$8,830
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan11$41,706$9,507
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville12$48,204$9,912
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville39$55,838$10,064
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon12$61,873$10,196
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers13$60,661$10,258
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens16$49,556$10,456
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick16$29,273$10,821
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville11$51,585$11,112
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany13$29,384$11,270
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton24$169,260$11,412
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta12$51,778$11,466
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge18$61,923$11,473
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell11$76,505$11,847
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville14$57,997$11,994
Emory University HospitalAtlanta15$60,005$14,520
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta11$40,827$16,586

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.