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In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $13,701 per stay at 1,906 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $11,083 and $14,842.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $13,701
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $11,083–$14,842
- Medicare’s share
- $11,457
- Average billed charge
- $67,156
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,906
Hospitals in Georgia
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 59 hospitals
- $13,614
- Median hospital
- $12,375
- Lowest to highest
- $9,574–$28,306
- Medicare stays
- 2,109
59 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | 17 | $9,574 | 30% below the national average | $8,518 | $57,080 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | 26 | $9,687 | 29% below the national average | $6,949 | $28,254 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | 32 | $10,438 | 24% below the national average | $9,270 | $51,293 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | 20 | $10,521 | 23% below the national average | $9,541 | $43,354 |
| Doctors Hospital | 77 | $10,539 | 23% below the national average | $9,373 | $69,195 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | 22 | $10,746 | 22% below the national average | $9,635 | $49,200 |
| SGMC Health | 46 | $10,835 | 21% below the national average | $9,817 | $31,845 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | 42 | $11,070 | 19% below the national average | $9,839 | $61,659 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | 22 | $11,133 | 19% below the national average | $8,759 | $35,911 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | 49 | $11,175 | 18% below the national average | $9,914 | $28,127 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | 16 | $11,184 | 18% below the national average | $8,568 | $40,315 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | 16 | $11,509 | 16% below the national average | $10,291 | $46,494 |
| Wellstar Paulding Medical Center | 36 | $11,548 | 16% below the national average | $8,942 | $86,493 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | 98 | $11,698 | 15% below the national average | $10,407 | $74,925 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | 77 | $11,747 | 14% below the national average | $10,539 | $70,197 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | 38 | $11,758 | 14% below the national average | $9,389 | $71,671 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | 12 | $11,833 | 14% below the national average | $8,455 | $43,453 |
| Archbold Memorial Hospital | 16 | $11,845 | 14% below the national average | $10,912 | $32,822 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | 31 | $11,881 | 13% below the national average | $11,092 | $47,908 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | 28 | $11,913 | 13% below the national average | $10,923 | $33,659 |
| Candler Hospital | 28 | $11,969 | 13% below the national average | $9,344 | $46,400 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc | 32 | $11,974 | 13% below the national average | $8,271 | $44,117 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | 27 | $11,985 | 13% below the national average | $10,431 | $55,312 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | 15 | $12,002 | 12% below the national average | $10,806 | $19,071 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | 56 | $12,003 | 12% below the national average | $9,244 | $113,021 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | 19 | $12,033 | 12% below the national average | $11,152 | $46,068 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | 50 | $12,099 | 12% below the national average | $10,373 | $107,507 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | 20 | $12,233 | 11% below the national average | $10,530 | $40,346 |
| Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center | 27 | $12,270 | 10% below the national average | $10,971 | $72,933 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc | 14 | $12,375 | About average | $9,775 | $48,604 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 34 | $12,415 | About average | $10,849 | $75,912 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc | 32 | $12,450 | About average | $10,149 | $59,553 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | 46 | $12,530 | About average | $10,500 | $46,578 |
| Wellstar Spalding Medical Center | 22 | $12,614 | About average | $11,618 | $90,484 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | 16 | $12,622 | About average | $11,221 | $43,551 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 13 | $12,701 | About average | $10,409 | $42,386 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | 38 | $12,921 | About average | $10,646 | $41,709 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 40 | $13,084 | About average | $9,914 | $49,233 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 27 | $13,148 | About average | $10,612 | $57,264 |
| Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center | 45 | $13,574 | About average | $10,334 | $62,329 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | 35 | $13,614 | About average | $11,325 | $68,598 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | 37 | $13,770 | About average | $12,443 | $32,332 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | 12 | $14,215 | About average | $12,991 | $41,507 |
| Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center | 44 | $14,271 | About average | $10,935 | $73,057 |
| Wellstar Cobb Medical Center | 35 | $14,545 | About average | $13,380 | $89,531 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | 27 | $15,120 | 10% above the national average | $12,679 | $69,305 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc | 86 | $15,217 | 11% above the national average | $11,785 | $74,125 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | 40 | $15,286 | 12% above the national average | $11,029 | $44,011 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center | 22 | $15,379 | 12% above the national average | $14,073 | $104,808 |
| Northside Hospital | 50 | $15,615 | 14% above the national average | $14,367 | $74,727 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $12K | $53K |
| 2021 | $13K | $57K |
| 2022 | $13K | $61K |
| 2023 | $13K | $64K |
| 2024 | $14K | $67K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 4 | 117 | $10,192 | $7,358–$9,295 |
| Louisiana | 30 | 1,143 | $10,705 | $9,616–$11,763 |
| Arkansas | 23 | 1,160 | $10,748 | $9,710–$10,944 |
| Mississippi | 26 | 1,150 | $10,925 | $10,203–$11,548 |
| Kentucky | 34 | 1,168 | $11,157 | $10,192–$11,491 |
| Alabama | 33 | 926 | $11,183 | $9,938–$10,988 |
| Iowa | 20 | 591 | $11,341 | $10,346–$11,979 |
| Tennessee | 44 | 1,990 | $11,550 | $10,051–$11,675 |
| Oklahoma | 30 | 1,379 | $11,667 | $10,337–$12,515 |
| Missouri | 46 | 1,620 | $11,896 | $10,218–$12,462 |
| Indiana | 48 | 1,801 | $11,896 | $10,977–$12,256 |
| Kansas | 17 | 694 | $11,907 | $10,752–$12,493 |
| Florida | 145 | 6,726 | $11,991 | $10,526–$12,554 |
| Ohio | 79 | 2,676 | $12,044 | $10,289–$12,685 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 230 | $12,082 | $11,556–$12,303 |
| Montana | 8 | 173 | $12,086 | $11,180–$11,893 |
| Nebraska | 15 | 441 | $12,180 | $11,202–$13,238 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 1,534 | $12,183 | $10,402–$12,726 |
| Virginia | 52 | 2,227 | $12,236 | $11,160–$12,431 |
| New Mexico | 12 | 282 | $12,521 | $10,392–$13,200 |
| West Virginia | 15 | 557 | $12,593 | $10,296–$12,041 |
| Texas | 136 | 5,711 | $12,740 | $11,347–$13,250 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 218 | $12,782 | $11,900–$13,130 |
| Colorado | 22 | 575 | $12,786 | $11,297–$13,659 |
| Pennsylvania | 93 | 3,150 | $12,920 | $10,705–$13,540 |
| North Carolina | 56 | 1,882 | $13,002 | $10,873–$12,969 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | 820 | $13,016 | $10,845–$13,057 |
| Michigan | 58 | 2,002 | $13,112 | $12,158–$13,891 |
| Illinois | 87 | 3,408 | $13,373 | $11,364–$14,436 |
| Utah | 11 | 351 | $13,383 | $11,250–$12,418 |
| Idaho | 10 | 276 | $13,401 | $12,581–$14,446 |
| Arizona | 38 | 1,294 | $13,434 | $11,352–$13,304 |
| Delaware | 5 | 369 | $13,557 | $12,317–$14,175 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | 343 | $13,607 | $11,429–$15,426 |
| Georgia | 59 | 2,109 | $13,614 | $11,752–$14,408 |
| Nevada | 17 | 760 | $14,059 | $12,698–$15,308 |
| Washington | 38 | 1,356 | $14,066 | $12,886–$14,530 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 183 | $14,245 | $11,795–$14,229 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 657 | $14,418 | $11,516–$14,178 |
| Maine | 6 | 151 | $14,540 | $12,127–$13,436 |
| New Jersey | 53 | 2,547 | $14,871 | $12,632–$16,763 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 98 | $14,913 | $14,479–$15,627 |
| Massachusetts | 43 | 2,192 | $15,303 | $12,009–$16,256 |
| Oregon | 21 | 537 | $15,333 | $13,439–$16,499 |
| Connecticut | 22 | 1,030 | $16,487 | $13,833–$16,290 |
| California | 186 | 6,881 | $17,028 | $14,827–$17,322 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 212 | $17,170 | $14,321–$21,969 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 117 | $18,008 | $14,554–$18,979 |
| Alaska | 5 | 137 | $18,228 | $17,233–$21,440 |
| New York | 88 | 4,037 | $19,371 | $13,719–$21,318 |
| Maryland | 36 | 1,366 | $20,768 | $16,094–$22,629 |
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.