US Health Care Costs

Nervous System Neoplasms with Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 054: Nervous system neoplasms with mcc

$70,606typical hospital bill
$14,873typical amount paid
$12,643–$26,590range paid across 8 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,606 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens12$52,906$12,643
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah21$57,378$12,856
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton13$94,232$13,147
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville17$58,646$13,290
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta14$85,358$16,456
Emory University HospitalAtlanta18$57,332$20,684
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta11$91,421$21,157
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta12$82,567$26,590

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.