US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$33,056typical hospital bill
$8,342typical amount paid
$5,437–$22,572range paid across 68 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,056 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus47$25,736$5,437
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah42$28,421$6,172
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek33$31,708$6,208
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta40$28,053$6,274
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus14$31,482$6,408
Union General HospitalBlairsville17$14,650$6,687
AdventHealth RedmondRome19$58,366$6,843
Fairview Park HospitalDublin32$56,566$6,971
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta65$27,730$6,992
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram49$51,344$7,006
Doctors HospitalAugusta48$59,529$7,111
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross40$38,456$7,128
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth16$49,720$7,195
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville37$38,621$7,287
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins54$17,867$7,313
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon13$31,467$7,360
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper22$39,220$7,467
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas12$26,412$7,540
Sgmc HealthValdosta53$20,386$7,603
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia18$14,858$7,659
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville14$16,083$7,806
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington27$27,577$7,905
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville65$32,494$7,909
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston13$33,690$7,925
Candler HospitalSavannah35$24,216$7,933
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming90$49,823$7,958
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest15$32,716$7,990
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon25$37,182$7,991
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge51$34,618$8,040
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick38$21,327$8,210
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro26$35,215$8,211
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville25$41,383$8,273
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia18$25,254$8,281
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan52$32,817$8,314
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe12$40,258$8,370
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup11$25,012$8,374
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville22$23,807$8,378
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers20$38,093$8,393
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton20$19,983$8,478
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus17$23,666$8,504
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah53$31,066$8,566
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin20$53,153$8,830
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus23$29,113$8,861
St Mary's HospitalAthens17$25,259$8,871
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie23$19,915$8,925
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton51$35,155$8,952
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell40$49,168$8,995
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome62$32,222$9,067
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica16$22,989$9,090
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany46$22,591$9,152
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton58$50,360$9,268
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens45$40,039$9,302
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange28$47,665$9,400
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur32$30,108$9,750
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon50$43,143$9,827
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton25$31,358$9,832
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville122$40,663$9,897
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia15$23,831$10,082
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell47$48,019$10,476
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta30$33,295$10,528
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta125$49,150$10,852
Northside HospitalAtlanta36$51,991$11,340
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville16$44,597$11,472
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville42$49,306$11,551
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta59$41,120$12,442
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta32$44,683$13,925
Emory University HospitalAtlanta37$40,905$15,447
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta31$55,313$22,572

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.