US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Georgia

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$30,224typical hospital bill
$7,569typical amount paid
$4,826–$22,078range paid across 70 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,224 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 NorthsideColumbus28$22,781$4,826
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah37$24,793$5,408
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta40$23,407$5,941
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek30$19,879$5,947
Union General HospitalBlairsville42$14,683$6,115
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta76$26,160$6,208
Fairview Park HospitalDublin26$68,489$6,210
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth19$31,222$6,257
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus12$26,347$6,331
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro34$33,588$6,336
AdventHealth RedmondRome12$57,614$6,603
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins42$18,770$6,717
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming76$43,023$6,792
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper17$26,871$6,839
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville31$49,053$6,849
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe15$31,771$6,868
Sgmc HealthValdosta94$18,501$6,869
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun13$39,939$6,939
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton82$49,788$7,028
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia23$15,993$7,125
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville14$18,189$7,135
Doctors HospitalAugusta21$50,334$7,139
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross16$37,672$7,177
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville36$35,273$7,252
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston21$26,033$7,257
Candler HospitalSavannah29$23,677$7,273
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon20$36,537$7,277
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan40$31,980$7,310
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram42$39,987$7,358
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie33$20,595$7,388
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick29$18,337$7,388
Piedmont Newton HospitalCovington11$35,116$7,420
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge24$40,313$7,444
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell51$45,307$7,468
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest32$30,762$7,558
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens57$28,855$7,581
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville35$41,664$7,599
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia15$25,274$7,644
Dodge County HospitalEastman15$13,830$7,673
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah14$25,654$7,691
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup36$20,730$7,692
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold11$21,454$7,726
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur12$17,814$7,800
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton35$26,825$7,812
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville13$20,608$7,818
Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon12$40,672$7,971
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany29$24,817$8,008
St Mary's HospitalAthens46$22,431$8,165
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega19$39,881$8,172
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton33$27,393$8,178
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange22$36,710$8,250
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome55$29,685$8,274
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon43$41,997$8,336
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton47$31,699$8,450
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville148$41,074$8,772
Ngmc Barrow, LLCWinder11$35,650$9,013
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville58$46,622$9,255
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell19$43,901$9,327
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville24$49,713$9,657
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica12$29,401$9,915
Donalsonville Hospital IncDonalsonville20$17,742$9,921
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta123$38,573$9,966
Washington County Regional Medical CenterSandersville11$7,555$10,175
University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson13$20,498$10,266
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta16$24,152$10,619
Northside HospitalAtlanta50$48,811$10,780
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta34$37,730$10,888
Emory University HospitalAtlanta31$28,670$11,772
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta31$36,063$13,279
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta25$71,239$22,078

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.