US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$31,118typical hospital bill
$7,230typical amount paid
$4,524–$17,905range paid across 56 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,118 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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 NorthsideColumbus13$21,292$4,524
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek29$31,744$5,151
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah32$22,904$5,255
Union General HospitalBlairsville17$15,269$5,718
Fairview Park HospitalDublin13$62,409$5,808
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta36$24,874$5,852
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram31$44,860$5,909
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus19$18,897$5,921
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro17$36,270$5,986
AdventHealth RedmondRome34$45,025$6,051
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta80$24,818$6,156
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross13$42,724$6,278
Sgmc HealthValdosta32$20,579$6,324
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins43$19,062$6,403
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville60$27,275$6,439
Doctors HospitalAugusta15$52,378$6,462
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming58$51,125$6,480
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville13$45,148$6,596
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton36$51,630$6,630
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan36$37,491$6,674
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville12$25,407$6,733
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick23$17,108$6,833
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper26$37,687$6,882
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell30$58,406$7,020
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie19$20,779$7,097
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton43$29,942$7,132
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah22$25,049$7,165
Candler HospitalSavannah19$26,078$7,172
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge37$31,567$7,289
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville26$19,591$7,334
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia12$23,667$7,342
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany34$19,835$7,426
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus15$28,018$7,441
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton20$25,276$7,491
St Mary's HospitalAthens28$23,881$7,542
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville15$47,161$7,544
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur12$25,675$7,602
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin21$51,358$7,605
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers12$39,945$7,666
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens88$29,427$7,672
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton41$35,490$7,675
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon21$38,039$7,735
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome30$30,669$7,962
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville12$43,410$8,136
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville91$39,643$8,278
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell17$48,506$8,288
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon61$29,866$8,334
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange18$47,303$8,370
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta11$30,318$8,937
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta71$27,648$9,321
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta97$54,874$9,427
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville13$65,138$9,443
Northside HospitalAtlanta26$47,208$10,233
Emory University HospitalAtlanta33$26,869$10,455
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta31$40,663$12,570
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta11$56,141$17,905

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.