22/100
#2,118 nationally
Northside Hospital
1000 Johnson Ferry Road, Ne, Atlanta, GA 30342 · (404) 851-8000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northside Hospital billed $6.62 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
- 6.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 135
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #63
- 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.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
902 | $17,366 | $2,146 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
400 | $12,072 | $1,457 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
338 | $15,594 | $1,762 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
293 | $24,200 | $3,764 | +17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
247 | $115,478 | $20,493 | +77% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
239 | $44,707 | $5,270 | +27% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
234 | $91,732 | $12,107 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
234 | $78,486 | $9,346 | +31% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $36,998 | $2,543 | +109% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
217 | $43,771 | $4,103 | +59% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$345,510 | $51,846 | +514% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,031 | $610 | +252% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$151,499 | $18,947 | +183% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$359,766 | $50,995 | +152% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$76,853 | $14,200 | +142% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$122,384 | $19,769 | +138% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
$634,913 | $93,430 | +135% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$179,232 | $24,608 | +129% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,777 | $31,028 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,873 | $8,371 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,165 | $19,670 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,750 | $3,588 | -12% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
$108,368 | $22,367 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,604 | $7,884 | about average |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$145,272 | $28,915 | about average |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay |
$141,514 | $26,033 | +5% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- 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.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.