Heart failure and shock with major complications in Georgia
What 78 hospitals in Georgia charged and were paid for a Medicare hospital stay for heart failure and shock with major complications (DRG 291), from 2024 Medicare claims.
Average charge
$53,013
Hospital list price billed
Average payment
$11,997
Medicare + patient + other payers
Medicare paid
$9,714
Average per stay
State rank
#37 of 50
1 = lowest average payment
Hospitals in Georgia billed an average of $53,013 for heart failure and shock with major complications, about 4.4 times the average total payment of $11,997. That payment is about the same as the U.S. average of $12,050.
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 $11,997Billed $53,013
About 23¢ was paid for every $1 hospitals in Georgia billed for this stay.
Medicare prices this stay in 3 versions, by how sick the patient was. Compare them in Georgia:
Georgia hospitals: heart failure and shock with major 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 Kennestone HospitalMarietta | 424 | $87,141 | $14,055 | $11,866 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, INCGainesville | 382 | $52,081 | $12,514 | $10,144 |
| Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta | 381 | $40,875 | $9,900 | $7,920 |
| Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens | 378 | $48,261 | $11,529 | $9,442 |
| Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville | 290 | $58,272 | $10,640 | $8,757 |
| Piedmont HospitalAtlanta | 255 | $59,152 | $17,888 | $8,112 |
| Saint Joseph's Hosp of AtlantaAtlanta | 227 | $42,461 | $9,329 | $7,877 |
| Gwinnett Medical CenterLawrenceville | 204 | $72,108 | $14,721 | $11,138 |
| Houston Medical CenterWarner Robins | 203 | $28,165 | $9,754 | $8,333 |
| Northside Hospital ForsythCumming | 202 | $65,921 | $10,738 | $8,625 |
| Hamilton Medical CenterDalton | 198 | $54,370 | $12,131 | $9,860 |
| Emory University HospitalAtlanta | 191 | $55,739 | $18,419 | $11,234 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, INCNewnan | 189 | $52,932 | $10,514 | $9,260 |
| Memorial Health Univ Med Cen, INCSavannah | 187 | $40,946 | $11,592 | $8,841 |
| Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton | 186 | $70,394 | $11,322 | $9,484 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon | 186 | $57,451 | $12,414 | $10,057 |
| Southeast Georgia Reg Med CtrBrunswick | 185 | $32,131 | $11,972 | $10,594 |
| Sgmc HealthValdosta | 181 | $26,498 | $9,808 | $8,645 |
| Henry Medical Center, INCStockbridge | 170 | $44,952 | $10,908 | $9,549 |
| Wellstar Paulding HospitalDallas | 165 | $77,669 | $9,082 | $7,765 |
| Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta | 159 | $54,452 | $13,514 | $10,332 |
| Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta | 158 | $71,888 | $26,754 | $22,339 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah | 157 | $32,460 | $8,605 | $7,170 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany | 153 | $36,168 | $12,713 | $10,454 |
| Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonCarrollton | 139 | $42,955 | $10,936 | $8,812 |
| Emory Decatur HospitalDecatur | 135 | $47,289 | $12,013 | $10,465 |
| Floyd Medical CenterRome | 127 | $49,232 | $11,726 | $9,949 |
| Redmond Regional Medical CenterRome | 126 | $84,534 | $10,590 | $8,701 |
| Rockdale Medical CenterConyers | 119 | $52,767 | $11,460 | $9,916 |
| West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange | 109 | $72,627 | $10,959 | $9,990 |
| Emory Eastside Medical CenterSnellville | 107 | $62,494 | $10,981 | $9,605 |
| St Francis Hospital, INCColumbus | 105 | $38,700 | $9,877 | $7,221 |
| Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek | 105 | $42,464 | $8,885 | $7,996 |
| Walton Regional Medical CenterMonroe | 104 | $53,674 | $10,242 | $9,427 |
| Spalding Regional Medical CenterGriffin | 102 | $87,548 | $12,070 | $10,322 |
| Colquitt Reg Medical CenterMoultrie | 100 | $27,047 | $10,917 | $9,382 |
| Northside HospitalAtlanta | 99 | $82,920 | $16,166 | $14,712 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital INCJasper | 99 | $43,780 | $10,058 | $8,645 |
| Medical College of Ga Hospitals and ClinicsAugusta | 96 | $61,824 | $19,238 | $13,600 |
| Wellstar Cobb HospitalAustell | 95 | $100,797 | $14,938 | $12,467 |
| Fairview Park HospitalDublin | 92 | $80,059 | $9,456 | $7,913 |
| Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton | 89 | $29,589 | $11,086 | $9,515 |
| Satilla Regional Medical CenterWaycross | 85 | $53,774 | $10,504 | $8,185 |
| St Mary's HospitalAthens | 84 | $29,171 | $12,179 | $9,150 |
| North Fulton Regional HospitalRoswell | 81 | $83,911 | $10,624 | $9,546 |
| Candler HospitalSavannah | 80 | $37,335 | $10,525 | $8,686 |
| Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville | 78 | $60,114 | $11,736 | $8,671 |
| Doctors HospitalAugusta | 78 | $75,775 | $9,893 | $8,153 |
| John D Archbold Memorial HospitalThomasville | 76 | $39,441 | $11,057 | $9,361 |
| Newton Medical CenterCovington | 75 | $45,742 | $10,629 | $9,312 |
| Union General HospitalBlairsville | 75 | $18,155 | $9,344 | $8,290 |
| Meadows Regional Medical Center INCVidalia | 75 | $31,560 | $10,714 | $9,639 |
| Wellstar Douglas HospitalDouglasville | 70 | $78,836 | $12,541 | $10,772 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro | 64 | $47,969 | $9,717 | $8,172 |
| Coliseum Medical CenterMacon | 62 | $65,455 | $11,750 | $9,210 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus | 59 | $42,739 | $11,242 | $9,025 |
| Dekalb Medical Center at HillandaleLithonia | 58 | $40,726 | $13,183 | $11,638 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus | 57 | $36,983 | $7,724 | $6,551 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaVilla Rica | 54 | $40,306 | $12,078 | $11,020 |
| Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth | 51 | $58,164 | $10,259 | $8,076 |
| Coffee Regional Medical CenterDouglas | 46 | $36,405 | $9,837 | $8,844 |
| Gordon HospitalCalhoun | 41 | $50,772 | $11,153 | $8,510 |
| Piedmont Macon North HospitalMacon | 38 | $37,395 | $9,460 | $8,214 |
| Sumter Regional HospitalAmericus | 37 | $28,913 | $11,349 | $9,596 |
| Habersham County Med CenterDemorest | 36 | $30,276 | $10,469 | $9,291 |
| Murray Medical CenterChatsworth | 30 | $43,143 | $10,431 | $8,216 |
| Crisp Regional HospitalCordele | 29 | $20,651 | $9,979 | $9,135 |
| Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville | 28 | $27,316 | $10,358 | $9,309 |
| Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale | 28 | $42,621 | $14,531 | $13,119 |
| Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston | 25 | $36,267 | $11,608 | $9,164 |
| Barrow Regional Medical CenterWinder | 23 | $34,309 | $11,839 | $11,130 |
| Cobb Memorial HospitalRoyston | 21 | $23,684 | $10,033 | $8,868 |
| Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North GeorgiaRinggold | 20 | $20,630 | $10,033 | $8,973 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center LumpkinDahlonega | 19 | $38,678 | $13,101 | $10,041 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Camden CampusSt Marys | 17 | $19,434 | $16,054 | $14,710 |
| Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro | 16 | $19,137 | $12,939 | $11,919 |
| McDuffie Regional Medical CenterThomson | 16 | $18,680 | $13,698 | $11,858 |
| Dodge County HospitalEastman | 15 | $18,465 | $11,245 | $10,050 |
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
| Piedmont Columbus Regional NorthsideColumbus, GA | $7,724 |
|---|---|
| St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA | $8,605 |
| Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns Creek, GA | $8,885 |
| Wellstar Paulding HospitalDallas, GA | $9,082 |
| Saint Joseph's Hosp of AtlantaAtlanta, GA | $9,329 |
Highest
| Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA | $26,754 |
|---|---|
| Medical College of Ga Hospitals and ClinicsAugusta, GA | $19,238 |
| Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA | $18,419 |
| Piedmont HospitalAtlanta, GA | $17,888 |
| Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA | $16,166 |
Heart failure and shock with major complications in other states
Questions
How much does heart failure and shock with major complications cost in Georgia?
In 2024 Medicare data, a hospital stay for heart failure and shock with major complications (DRG 291) at 78 hospitals in Georgia was billed at $53,013 on average, while the average total payment was $11,997, of which Medicare paid $9,714. 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 4.4 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.