Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Neck Withou in Georgia

MS-DRG 004: Tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and neck withou

$535,575typical hospital bill

$111,519typical amount paid

$59,661–$187,713range paid across 9 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $535,575 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Doctors Hospital	Augusta	13	$794,459	$59,661
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center	Savannah	19	$411,548	$79,461
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown	Columbus	13	$580,511	$82,325
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc	Gainesville	20	$535,575	$103,182
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med Col	Augusta	15	$409,738	$111,519
Emory University Hospital Midtown	Atlanta	18	$549,428	$112,427
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany	11	$453,551	$152,486
Grady Memorial Hospital	Atlanta	21	$847,860	$160,118
Emory University Hospital	Atlanta	11	$508,167	$187,713

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.