CostGrade
D

37/100

#1,689 nationally

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

541 Historic Highway 441-North, Demorest, GA 30535 · (706) 754-2161

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham billed $6.04 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
6.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
16
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in GA
#35
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
3/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 18.8/35

Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 4.2/25

Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 10.8/30

Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.5/10

Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

309 $25,434 $2,284 +31%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

38 $88,683 $10,613 +42%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

36 $30,276 $10,469 -30%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

33 $40,918 $11,375 -12%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

32 $30,762 $7,558 +3%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

29 $38,797 $8,096 +22%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

19 $37,319 $7,492 +22%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

18 $54,955 $13,485 about average
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

15 $32,716 $7,990 about average
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

15 $17,621 $1,358 +57%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$77,024 $6,047 +93%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,621 $1,358 +57%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$88,683 $10,613 +42%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,434 $2,284 +31%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$38,797 $8,096 +22%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$37,319 $7,492 +22%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$38,828 $7,621 +20%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$34,351 $11,683 +13%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$30,276 $10,469 -30%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$36,382 $11,390 -25%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$33,951 $9,880 -17%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$40,918 $11,375 -12%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$32,716 $7,990 about average
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$54,955 $13,485 about average
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$30,762 $7,558 +3%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$45,720 $11,931 +9%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
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