US Health Care Costs

Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$201,087typical hospital bill
$40,254typical amount paid
$30,506–$94,999range paid across 53 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $201,087 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun15$134,841$30,506
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah25$144,713$31,073
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus18$101,509$31,199
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins42$74,896$32,207
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper19$156,237$33,026
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro42$190,487$33,857
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth11$174,726$33,914
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus50$186,752$34,756
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming34$215,281$35,384
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville13$109,656$35,732
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta57$150,065$35,765
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan55$197,341$35,875
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah100$217,959$36,067
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram17$221,624$36,160
Candler HospitalSavannah43$167,873$36,229
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville95$176,243$36,506
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome34$158,402$37,443
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus58$175,860$37,897
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon27$162,569$38,029
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens86$179,638$38,408
Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale15$170,434$38,579
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton29$107,767$38,656
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton55$201,165$38,824
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington18$151,907$39,458
St Mary's HospitalAthens23$123,489$39,554
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville17$271,852$40,092
AdventHealth RedmondRome57$287,819$40,254
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville16$266,355$40,520
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek21$174,671$40,557
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville28$254,528$40,799
Sgmc HealthValdosta37$136,503$41,102
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers36$209,276$41,856
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur25$158,569$42,034
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell29$300,426$42,553
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin18$298,659$43,813
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon50$211,463$45,666
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge69$239,732$47,989
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick48$121,618$48,457
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta39$235,256$49,227
Doctors HospitalAugusta64$713,357$49,416
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell46$366,184$49,857
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany32$178,015$50,866
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton14$255,055$51,265
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville65$267,489$53,030
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange33$201,087$54,066
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta125$323,947$54,721
Northside HospitalAtlanta39$345,850$54,885
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta62$201,867$56,034
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville88$319,687$60,708
Emory University HospitalAtlanta36$212,335$61,699
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta84$264,517$65,902
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta46$235,281$66,042
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta23$674,514$94,999

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.