US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Georgia

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$48,410typical hospital bill
$9,358typical amount paid
$5,917–$24,878range paid across 56 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,410 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus12$30,478$5,917
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek25$33,635$6,841
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus24$32,134$7,008
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah39$36,773$7,401
Sgmc HealthValdosta44$33,735$7,557
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper15$44,639$7,602
Doctors HospitalAugusta28$76,521$7,677
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro18$46,358$7,718
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta53$37,212$7,796
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming46$60,599$7,990
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross12$54,214$8,011
Fairview Park HospitalDublin15$82,154$8,044
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins38$28,516$8,060
AdventHealth RedmondRome38$100,372$8,135
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun14$50,757$8,156
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville57$54,365$8,290
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram17$54,081$8,325
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton37$60,451$8,380
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan33$50,834$8,450
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington24$47,876$8,544
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe27$47,826$8,558
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus40$39,357$8,896
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie19$30,335$8,980
Candler HospitalSavannah13$28,199$9,021
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta22$38,548$9,037
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton18$30,632$9,269
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville15$78,510$9,308
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton29$32,576$9,310
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur27$34,158$9,406
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton28$37,079$9,606
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge51$51,186$9,679
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens58$44,561$9,717
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah66$46,667$9,757
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin16$62,161$9,774
St Mary's HospitalAthens41$34,041$9,807
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany46$29,564$9,818
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon32$61,938$9,874
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick40$24,370$10,001
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville16$30,223$10,081
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta21$62,725$10,130
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon51$47,190$10,331
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica12$26,482$10,424
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville119$54,180$10,559
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers28$48,944$10,645
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville27$62,296$10,740
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville47$67,888$10,761
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange12$60,216$10,813
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome33$40,972$11,175
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell23$64,680$11,286
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta143$80,532$12,195
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell40$75,378$12,229
Northside HospitalAtlanta18$58,176$12,383
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta67$54,802$13,496
Emory University HospitalAtlanta47$51,498$15,120
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta61$61,647$16,758
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta61$105,661$24,878

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.