US Health Care Costs

Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc in Georgia

MS-DRG 948: Signs and symptoms without mcc

$36,368typical hospital bill
$7,756typical amount paid
$5,481–$14,136range paid across 20 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,368 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
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta16$25,114$5,481
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming14$58,956$5,863
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta21$23,929$5,984
Union General HospitalBlairsville11$17,598$6,047
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah11$23,204$6,207
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville17$36,749$6,746
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan11$40,111$6,830
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton16$39,739$7,011
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens23$30,745$7,170
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup12$19,708$7,552
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome11$31,497$7,960
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville14$48,380$9,203
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta15$35,987$9,475
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta11$39,489$9,673
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville11$53,923$9,703
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta15$31,976$9,874
Northside HospitalAtlanta13$52,846$10,341
Emory University HospitalAtlanta13$32,612$12,359
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon13$54,728$13,733
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta12$38,062$14,136

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.