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Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 465 · Surgery or procedure

Wound debridement and skin graft except hand for musculoskeletal and connective tissue…

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $20,093 per stay at 4 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $13,225 and $28,102.

Limited data: use with caution

Only 4 hospitals reported this in 2024 (51 stays). Medicare covers few patients for some procedures (births, for example), and CMS leaves out hospitals with fewer than 11 cases, so these figures may not represent typical costs.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$20,093
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$13,225–$28,102
Medicare’s share
$14,75273% of the payment
Average billed charge
$74,001
Hospitals reporting
451 stays

Hospitals in Georgia

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Location
Georgia
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment (1 hospital)
$13,273National $20,093 · Georgia $13,273
Too few hospitals to compare
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Medicare stays
11

1 hospital reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Wound debridement and skin graft except hand for musculoskeletal and connective tissue… by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · CCN 11000511$13,27334% below the national average$10,263$102,243

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 101 stays at 7 hospitals · 2021: 51 stays at 4 hospitals · 2022: 100 stays at 7 hospitals · 2023: 61 stays at 4 hospitals · 2024: 51 stays at 4 hospitals
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National average payment and billed charge for Wound debridement and skin graft except hand for musculoskeletal and connective tissue…
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$19K$112K
2021$21K$134K
2022$17K$57K
2023$19K$74K
2024$20K$74K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

Show all 4 states
Average payment by state for Wound debridement and skin graft except hand for musculoskeletal and connective tissue…, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Arizona117$13,082$13,082–$13,082
Georgia111$13,273$13,273–$13,273
Maryland111$27,701$27,701–$27,701
Minnesota112$29,305$29,305–$29,305

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.