Stroke, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$88,849typical hospital bill

$16,337typical amount paid

$12,380–$37,334range paid across 49 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $88,849 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Fairview Park Hospital	Dublin	16	$114,903	$12,380
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare	Columbus	18	$56,345	$12,972
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center	Hiram	14	$91,220	$13,023
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc	Atlanta	26	$69,339	$13,075
Doctors Hospital	Augusta	29	$127,845	$13,748
Sgmc Health	Valdosta	43	$42,628	$13,834
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc	Jasper	16	$57,981	$13,852
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah	Savannah	24	$92,506	$13,981
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins	Warner Robins	25	$41,679	$14,237
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba	Macon	16	$88,893	$14,419
Memorial Satilla Health	Waycross	18	$60,455	$14,519
Emory Johns Creek Hospital	Johns Creek	18	$48,527	$14,545
Tift Regional Medical Center	Tifton	17	$50,746	$14,699
Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	46	$116,275	$14,764
Piedmont Fayette Hospital	Fayetteville	22	$71,747	$14,804
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital	Conyers	20	$63,335	$15,058
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton	Carrollton	21	$52,884	$15,176
Piedmont Henry Hospital	Stockbridge	60	$64,034	$15,454
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	55	$66,859	$15,565
Northside Hospital Cherokee	Canton	32	$115,069	$15,712
AdventHealth Redmond	Rome	38	$121,331	$15,924
Piedmont Walton Hospital	Monroe	21	$59,714	$15,927
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	130	$90,479	$16,086
Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center	Roswell	58	$127,153	$16,310
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center	Snellville	31	$90,558	$16,337
Piedmont Augusta Hospital	Augusta	33	$74,758	$16,541
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center	Cartersville	26	$109,278	$16,657
Emory Decatur Hospital	Decatur	24	$47,115	$16,695
St Mary's Hospital	Athens	30	$70,806	$17,372
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center	Rome	45	$81,420	$17,611
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc	Newnan	13	$79,505	$17,677
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center	Austell	32	$122,176	$18,123
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	47	$50,284	$18,170
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center	Lagrange	26	$90,047	$18,543
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center	Macon	53	$89,394	$18,578
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown	Columbus	60	$85,504	$18,613
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	27	$88,497	$18,616
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center	Marietta	138	$128,939	$19,316
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	116	$94,721	$19,355
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus	Brunswick	38	$46,897	$19,569
Northside Hospital Gwinnett	Lawrenceville	61	$137,568	$20,092
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center	Douglasville	22	$96,251	$20,297
Northside Hospital	Atlanta	27	$130,944	$20,568
Piedmont Hospital, Inc	Atlanta	58	$87,128	$22,994
Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	12	$141,665	$24,164
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	74	$88,849	$26,688
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	61	$113,030	$29,673
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center	Griffin	13	$96,662	$34,062
Grady Memorial Hospital	Atlanta	72	$199,183	$37,334

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.