US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Georgia

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$44,642typical hospital bill
$10,036typical amount paid
$7,261–$24,733range paid across 61 hospitals

Georgia hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,642 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus28$28,143$7,261
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah33$36,538$7,624
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta90$29,510$8,146
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram36$65,706$8,204
Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek37$30,016$8,257
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta42$28,865$8,336
AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth13$39,135$8,495
Fairview Park HospitalDublin19$71,086$8,500
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro38$48,422$8,525
Sgmc HealthValdosta84$22,590$8,561
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus24$32,926$8,717
Doctors HospitalAugusta35$63,450$8,789
AdventHealth RedmondRome32$89,362$8,953
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper21$40,302$8,982
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming89$61,141$9,049
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie28$22,069$9,114
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth13$45,924$9,114
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville40$61,012$9,118
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville39$40,943$9,140
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross22$43,082$9,153
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins40$23,827$9,256
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe17$47,387$9,317
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus25$42,767$9,357
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton96$55,450$9,562
Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville25$36,393$9,655
Candler HospitalSavannah31$31,238$9,693
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton52$36,479$9,717
Northeast Georgia Medical Center HabershamDemorest12$33,951$9,880
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, DbaMacon38$51,142$9,935
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun21$47,161$10,036
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell65$60,878$10,036
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton40$37,087$10,073
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan27$39,234$10,084
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange33$48,314$10,135
Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur25$30,933$10,202
Piedmont Eastside Medical CenterSnellville32$54,859$10,347
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah21$38,143$10,387
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville28$65,067$10,454
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens62$43,945$10,742
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick50$24,370$10,763
Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega13$45,721$10,800
Wellstar Spalding Medical CenterGriffin22$56,565$10,805
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome37$47,119$10,835
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton49$44,642$11,208
St Mary's HospitalAthens29$34,594$11,293
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica36$37,683$11,397
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany42$31,924$11,651
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon32$49,778$11,679
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup19$22,777$11,820
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell52$74,998$11,846
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge22$59,826$11,847
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville126$55,313$11,876
Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia15$32,816$12,094
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta158$56,950$12,834
Northside HospitalAtlanta49$65,103$13,144
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta27$51,166$13,219
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville78$71,634$13,619
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta25$48,420$14,299
Emory University HospitalAtlanta40$38,097$17,101
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated with Med ColAugusta19$49,213$17,502
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta22$87,503$24,733

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.