US Health Care Costs

Other Heart Assist System Implant in Georgia

MS-DRG 215: Other heart assist system implant

$592,602average hospital bill
$101,139average amount paid

One Georgia hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $592,602, about 5.9 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta12$592,602$101,139

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.