US Health Care Costs

Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale in Georgia

MS-DRG 175: Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale

$55,923typical hospital bill
$12,349typical amount paid
$9,748–$26,469range paid across 34 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,923 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
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek15$44,169$9,748
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta23$61,584$9,958
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming12$73,626$10,482
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus12$37,618$10,582
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta20$37,835$10,744
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus13$50,516$10,760
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins18$29,340$10,774
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington13$47,524$10,912
AdventHealth RedmondRome11$103,728$10,947
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton29$69,887$10,948
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville30$62,986$11,094
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge15$54,193$11,179
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus11$49,940$11,536
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram19$76,985$11,880
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville11$52,265$12,066
Sgmc HealthValdosta16$31,652$12,207
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens16$55,878$12,305
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah31$50,714$12,393
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur18$53,132$12,443
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon21$52,383$12,567
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon15$89,329$12,588
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan14$66,216$12,822
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick18$33,832$12,828
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville16$73,139$13,617
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany11$48,777$13,706
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville67$71,197$13,795
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta22$47,926$14,090
Northside HospitalAtlanta15$68,009$15,076
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta18$60,241$16,173
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta63$93,838$16,254
Emory University HospitalAtlanta34$55,969$19,480
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville27$78,894$20,358
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta17$82,568$21,794
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta17$111,174$26,469

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.