US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 699: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with cc

$34,554typical hospital bill
$9,524typical amount paid
$5,698–$21,811range paid across 34 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,554 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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 Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus14$28,312$5,698
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah12$24,506$6,837
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek19$28,197$6,909
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta35$25,008$7,420
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta17$32,639$7,627
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins14$22,978$7,962
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville12$28,510$8,262
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville14$32,715$8,285
Sgmc HealthValdosta23$24,619$8,371
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming24$66,594$8,472
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton21$54,174$8,512
Candler HospitalSavannah24$23,879$8,731
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville12$48,455$8,895
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge12$39,726$8,913
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton13$30,547$9,041
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers11$33,551$9,053
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick15$18,808$9,361
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome13$29,945$9,687
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram13$37,937$9,780
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens24$38,802$9,798
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany13$28,526$10,111
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon25$32,082$10,236
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah23$35,557$10,667
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell14$72,501$10,694
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville60$38,799$10,889
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville20$53,701$11,374
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta44$44,187$11,844
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell14$56,075$11,930
Northside HospitalAtlanta21$43,487$12,254
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta19$31,792$12,398
Emory University HospitalAtlanta80$38,104$13,919
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta62$59,515$15,241
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta45$54,982$16,934
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta19$43,764$21,811

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.