US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$49,499typical hospital bill
$11,375typical amount paid
$7,890–$27,924range paid across 73 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,499 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 NorthsideColumbus33$34,071$7,890
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah40$41,682$8,647
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta56$39,503$9,170
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta86$41,606$9,243
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek40$37,028$9,445
Union General HospitalBlairsville22$27,518$9,538
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth21$60,788$9,566
Doctors HospitalAugusta44$84,193$9,846
AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth13$49,499$9,857
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross40$68,413$9,910
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins88$28,822$9,961
Sgmc HealthValdosta87$31,375$9,989
Fairview Park HospitalDublin78$94,943$10,065
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas11$45,222$10,108
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming129$68,705$10,191
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram86$87,637$10,213
AdventHealth RedmondRome42$77,889$10,351
Evans Memorial HospitalClaxton12$49,739$10,626
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville32$32,321$10,636
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington23$52,492$10,637
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton132$65,015$10,647
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia27$19,395$10,706
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe43$59,007$10,724
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold14$27,678$10,787
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville22$30,794$10,791
Candler HospitalSavannah46$40,058$10,812
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon13$38,150$10,942
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange22$64,676$10,969
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan32$55,392$11,079
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton118$37,409$11,092
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge60$52,517$11,132
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville65$49,661$11,159
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin36$81,097$11,186
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville60$70,370$11,186
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie21$33,451$11,295
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun39$62,347$11,333
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest33$40,918$11,375
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia31$42,960$11,386
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus34$37,964$11,434
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville51$56,990$11,451
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens84$49,470$11,479
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro34$49,924$11,515
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton39$37,829$11,516
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon39$50,740$11,627
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup13$28,558$11,646
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur25$40,925$11,723
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper18$39,852$11,870
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers32$53,197$11,918
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell62$91,254$12,129
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton124$53,912$12,212
Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder21$46,609$12,232
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega24$40,394$12,263
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick80$32,417$12,321
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah69$50,926$12,327
St Mary's HospitalAthens25$30,568$12,356
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus38$41,488$12,513
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome72$49,224$12,728
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica45$38,481$13,028
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville18$90,676$13,057
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus21$49,515$13,459
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville265$64,034$13,592
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell59$119,594$13,655
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany48$48,377$13,685
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta36$49,407$13,840
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon70$66,820$13,915
Northside HospitalAtlanta58$67,172$14,401
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta180$87,054$14,691
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta44$47,130$14,880
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville94$77,880$16,269
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden CampusSaint Marys11$19,243$16,713
Emory University HospitalAtlanta42$50,801$19,610
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta38$64,820$21,121
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta31$87,581$27,924

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.