Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major cost in Atlanta, GA

MS-DRG 981 · 4 hospitals in Atlanta

Charges here run from $163,169 to $425,884 — a difference of $262,715 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Georgia hospital charges $202,640.

Hospitals in Atlanta, cheapest first

Hospital	Charged	Actually paid	Patients
C Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, GA	$163,169 19% below the state average	$48,115	16
B Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc Atlanta, GA	$169,932 16% below the state average	$42,458	22
B Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$183,326 10% below the state average	$59,599	28
D Piedmont Hospital, Inc Atlanta, GA	$425,884 110% above the state average	$61,472	27

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.