US Health Care Costs

Seizures in Georgia

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$37,701typical hospital bill
$9,014typical amount paid
$6,342–$22,809range paid across 26 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,701 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta12$24,772$6,342
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta12$28,827$6,492
Doctors HospitalAugusta17$56,116$7,225
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville11$36,478$7,301
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins17$20,569$7,552
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming22$44,896$7,606
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville15$38,352$7,896
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge17$37,050$7,981
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon13$43,574$8,151
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton14$30,094$8,272
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens13$45,695$8,602
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah35$32,917$8,819
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton13$26,842$8,901
Sgmc HealthValdosta19$23,347$9,127
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon17$36,390$9,353
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick12$24,449$9,636
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville18$62,885$9,668
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell15$56,526$9,832
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome17$38,394$10,309
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany16$29,390$10,462
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville32$53,958$10,532
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta44$54,994$10,801
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta17$49,753$12,153
Emory University HospitalAtlanta36$34,037$12,640
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta26$47,412$15,756
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta37$69,005$22,809

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.