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Full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications in Georgia

What 3 hospitals in Georgia charged and were paid for a Medicare hospital stay for full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications (DRG 928), from 2024 Medicare claims.

DRG 928 Inpatient 2024 Medicare data
Average charge $470,371 Hospital list price billed
Average payment $80,386 Medicare + patient + other payers
Medicare paid $73,979 Average per stay
State rank #1 of 2 1 = lowest average payment

Hospitals in Georgia billed an average of $470,371 for full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications, about 5.9 times the average total payment of $80,386. That payment is 5% below the U.S. average of $84,626.

These are averages for patients with original (fee-for-service) Medicare. Private insurance pays different, negotiated prices, and what you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Use these figures to compare hospitals, not as a quote.

Paid $80,386Billed $470,371

About 17¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Georgia billed for this stay.

Georgia hospitals: full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications

Every Georgia hospital that billed Medicare for this stay at least 11 times. Click a column to sort.

Hospital Stays Avg charge Avg payment Medicare paid
Wellstar Cobb HospitalAustell 14 $265,901 $57,483 $55,194
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta 13 $781,564 $134,566 $118,448
Doctors HospitalAugusta 13 $379,378 $50,871 $49,741
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Lowest and highest payments in Georgia

Among hospitals with at least 11 Medicare hospital stays. Differences reflect local wage costs, teaching status and how sick patients were, as well as price.

Lowest

Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA$50,871
Wellstar Cobb HospitalAustell, GA$57,483
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA$134,566

Highest

Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA$134,566
Wellstar Cobb HospitalAustell, GA$57,483
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA$50,871

Full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications in other states

Questions

How much does full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications cost in Georgia?

In 2024 Medicare data, a hospital stay for full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with complications (DRG 928) at 3 hospitals in Georgia was billed at $470,371 on average, while the average total payment was $80,386, of which Medicare paid $73,979. Your own cost depends on your insurance, deductible and the hospital.

Why are hospital charges so much higher than payments?

Charges are a hospital's list prices. Medicare pays fixed rates set in advance, and private insurers negotiate their own discounts, so almost nobody pays the full charge. For this stay in Georgia, average charges were 5.9 times the average payment. Uninsured patients can ask the hospital about its financial assistance (charity care) policy and cash prices.

Source: CMS, Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024. Average total payment includes Medicare's payment, the patient's deductible and coinsurance, and any other payer. CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 hospital stays for privacy. About the data.