Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$53,331typical hospital bill

$10,948typical amount paid

$7,973–$17,939range paid across 48 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $53,331 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah	Savannah	27	$36,042	$7,973
Emory Johns Creek Hospital	Johns Creek	23	$34,043	$8,041
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center	Hiram	23	$78,570	$8,404
Union General Hospital	Blairsville	13	$17,412	$8,682
East Georgia Regional Medical Center	Statesboro	14	$81,660	$8,881
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare	Columbus	21	$39,133	$8,886
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc	Atlanta	26	$54,481	$9,017
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLC	Lavonia	11	$21,535	$9,145
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	65	$46,583	$9,283
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins	Warner Robins	39	$26,549	$9,525
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center	Cartersville	21	$64,315	$9,667
AdventHealth Redmond	Rome	25	$80,742	$9,719
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	31	$69,223	$10,095
Piedmont Henry Hospital	Stockbridge	34	$66,007	$10,226
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	38	$75,196	$10,245
Piedmont Walton Hospital	Monroe	17	$48,612	$10,474
Tift Regional Medical Center	Tifton	22	$36,270	$10,487
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc	Newnan	37	$51,804	$10,562
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center	Douglasville	12	$83,268	$10,567
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown	Columbus	22	$41,390	$10,568
Sgmc Health	Valdosta	22	$33,421	$10,577
Archbold Memorial Hospital	Thomasville	15	$33,757	$10,619
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba	Macon	25	$73,140	$10,919
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center	Rome	17	$53,882	$10,938
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville	35	$48,096	$10,957
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton	Carrollton	20	$47,553	$10,965
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center	Griffin	19	$111,663	$10,983
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital	Conyers	15	$45,659	$11,025
Emory Decatur Hospital	Decatur	15	$52,946	$11,052
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus	Brunswick	30	$20,386	$11,097
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc	Jasper	22	$48,513	$11,213
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	18	$48,266	$11,250
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	72	$41,224	$11,291
St Mary's Hospital	Athens	14	$34,383	$11,475
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	35	$53,715	$11,579
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital	Vidalia	12	$29,660	$11,848
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	26	$57,966	$12,009
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	21	$37,924	$12,047
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center	Lagrange	19	$75,477	$12,309
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	12	$106,740	$12,403
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	81	$56,785	$12,475
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	21	$106,259	$12,840
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center	Macon	34	$72,229	$12,899
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	65	$83,888	$13,435
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	21	$66,677	$13,588
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	29	$55,283	$16,204
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	45	$69,451	$16,892
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	17	$66,955	$17,939

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.