US Health Care Costs

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc in Georgia

MS-DRG 854: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with cc

$96,521typical hospital bill
$17,120typical amount paid
$12,890–$43,460range paid across 18 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $96,521 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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 HospitalAugusta15$68,405$12,890
Doctors HospitalAugusta11$249,839$14,386
Candler HospitalSavannah14$58,267$14,514
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper12$72,177$14,551
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming14$114,264$15,047
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville29$92,817$15,429
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta21$58,361$15,659
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge14$93,471$16,090
AdventHealth RedmondRome16$114,244$16,708
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens36$67,787$17,533
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan19$114,092$18,483
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah16$88,740$18,657
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton20$99,571$19,159
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta16$118,044$19,923
Northside HospitalAtlanta15$109,869$20,271
St Mary's HospitalAthens11$56,955$21,048
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville14$117,276$23,536
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta17$177,787$43,460

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.