US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Georgia

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$43,123typical hospital bill
$9,247typical amount paid
$6,616–$23,146range paid across 63 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,123 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 NorthsideColumbus73$32,338$6,616
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah39$35,289$6,803
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta58$36,477$7,463
Union General HospitalBlairsville12$18,786$7,536
Fairview Park HospitalDublin13$74,758$7,577
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus27$34,390$7,849
Doctors HospitalAugusta43$58,206$7,898
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek31$29,140$7,993
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram48$74,020$7,994
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins67$22,464$8,132
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro47$45,924$8,149
AdventHealth RedmondRome48$81,854$8,217
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth22$43,896$8,238
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe25$44,732$8,455
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta87$34,137$8,466
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross35$41,615$8,489
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville170$44,022$8,573
Sgmc HealthValdosta38$28,234$8,597
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon21$32,464$8,737
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin25$51,291$8,749
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun20$44,845$8,845
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper65$37,600$8,851
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming57$60,843$8,941
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon45$47,512$8,945
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell20$75,470$8,956
Candler HospitalSavannah45$28,525$8,965
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville31$57,280$8,975
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville38$56,914$9,043
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia16$29,703$9,134
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup13$33,644$9,168
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville21$28,854$9,224
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie28$30,073$9,247
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan111$48,046$9,260
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers63$43,123$9,264
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah69$37,618$9,449
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick47$23,450$9,451
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus57$38,480$9,478
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge81$42,073$9,505
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens152$41,398$9,505
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton36$39,890$9,527
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange44$57,328$9,528
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington42$43,708$9,746
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur24$30,519$9,806
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton70$56,551$10,233
St Mary's HospitalAthens22$24,243$10,262
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton19$43,340$10,333
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica13$38,028$10,365
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville46$56,949$10,538
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia15$37,860$11,039
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton31$35,687$11,095
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell33$52,232$11,167
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta23$30,879$11,246
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon36$56,496$11,410
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta83$47,852$11,420
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville64$55,787$11,730
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome18$51,967$11,803
Northside HospitalAtlanta43$54,720$12,256
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany30$32,467$13,262
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta103$45,220$13,710
Emory University HospitalAtlanta43$34,374$15,642
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville25$60,780$15,724
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta33$53,060$17,888
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta20$62,992$23,146

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.