US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Georgia

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$50,556typical hospital bill
$10,941typical amount paid
$7,532–$26,357range paid across 67 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,556 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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 NorthsideColumbus20$43,566$7,532
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta49$39,679$8,402
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah52$39,740$8,497
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek35$40,736$8,542
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus30$42,895$8,823
Union General HospitalBlairsville11$31,656$9,058
Doctors HospitalAugusta32$90,050$9,344
AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth12$35,322$9,378
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro20$50,556$9,420
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta47$43,937$9,448
Sgmc HealthValdosta55$31,157$9,634
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross27$60,818$9,650
Fairview Park HospitalDublin26$93,036$9,673
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe48$55,173$9,852
AdventHealth RedmondRome30$75,037$9,915
Stephens County HospitalToccoa63$20,134$9,982
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins43$30,304$10,008
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton99$62,431$10,029
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville15$30,909$10,065
Candler HospitalSavannah49$38,339$10,098
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville11$24,695$10,240
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston14$38,292$10,270
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington24$50,738$10,278
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell25$78,801$10,365
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth28$52,571$10,371
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville19$71,442$10,455
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold11$28,116$10,456
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun15$55,986$10,478
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange22$59,704$10,600
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville40$52,824$10,616
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan38$49,461$10,644
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers12$63,690$10,847
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville23$74,347$10,926
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup11$39,946$10,941
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge25$54,728$10,979
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus24$58,248$11,057
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah43$39,396$11,222
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick31$33,517$11,239
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin24$75,973$11,245
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus27$45,953$11,295
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega17$36,738$11,304
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia12$45,664$11,329
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon39$50,239$11,332
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest13$36,382$11,390
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton30$35,449$11,499
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens60$51,300$11,978
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome33$45,934$12,056
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming87$72,005$12,132
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton25$47,429$12,222
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon51$80,161$12,366
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville102$47,151$12,385
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany65$42,112$12,420
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton57$64,071$12,708
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta27$64,385$13,227
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram30$99,015$13,372
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville21$98,782$13,573
St Mary's HospitalAthens12$33,388$13,671
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta97$85,587$13,681
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville52$99,889$13,762
Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale14$34,791$13,874
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur56$54,008$13,998
Northside HospitalAtlanta51$77,054$15,664
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta33$61,577$15,928
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell23$94,676$16,339
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta18$48,809$18,601
Emory University HospitalAtlanta33$68,950$20,511
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta38$79,101$26,357

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.