US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$55,312typical hospital bill
$12,375typical amount paid
$9,574–$28,306range paid across 59 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,312 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah17$57,080$9,574
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus26$28,254$9,687
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro32$51,293$10,438
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon20$43,354$10,521
Doctors HospitalAugusta77$69,195$10,539
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth22$49,200$10,746
Sgmc HealthValdosta46$31,845$10,835
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross42$61,659$11,070
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek22$35,911$11,133
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins49$28,127$11,175
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus16$40,315$11,184
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers16$46,494$11,509
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram36$86,493$11,548
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming98$74,925$11,698
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton77$70,197$11,747
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville38$71,671$11,758
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington12$43,453$11,833
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville16$32,822$11,845
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge31$47,908$11,881
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia28$33,659$11,913
Candler HospitalSavannah28$46,400$11,969
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta32$44,117$11,974
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon27$55,312$11,985
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville15$19,071$12,002
Fairview Park HospitalDublin56$113,021$12,003
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton19$46,068$12,033
AdventHealth RedmondRome50$107,507$12,099
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton20$40,346$12,233
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange27$72,933$12,270
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper14$48,604$12,375
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville34$75,912$12,415
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan32$59,553$12,450
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta46$46,578$12,530
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin22$90,484$12,614
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus16$43,551$12,622
St Mary's HospitalAthens13$42,386$12,701
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur38$41,709$12,921
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens40$49,233$13,084
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus27$57,264$13,148
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah45$62,329$13,574
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville35$68,598$13,614
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick37$32,332$13,770
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia12$41,507$14,215
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon44$73,057$14,271
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell35$89,531$14,545
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton27$69,305$15,120
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville86$74,125$15,217
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome40$44,011$15,286
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell22$104,808$15,379
Northside HospitalAtlanta50$74,727$15,615
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany43$41,525$16,165
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville69$76,358$16,392
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta95$85,608$16,613
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville24$102,411$18,341
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta35$85,749$19,366
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta47$67,622$19,488
Emory University HospitalAtlanta34$51,849$20,197
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta32$66,092$22,111
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta20$81,852$28,306

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.