26/100
#1,995 nationally
Northside Hospital Cherokee
450 Northside Cherokee Boulevard, Canton, GA 30115 · (770) 244-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northside Hospital Cherokee billed $6.77 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
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 145
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #53
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
470 | $79,134 | $12,128 | +27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
374 | $99,919 | $15,433 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
348 | $13,081 | $1,489 | +30% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
289 | $55,794 | $6,024 | +40% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
247 | $31,427 | $3,023 | +25% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $27,366 | $2,481 | +41% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
186 | $70,394 | $11,322 | +62% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $34,000 | $4,761 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
168 | $41,479 | $5,355 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $37,522 | $2,561 | +112% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$169,260 | $11,412 | +240% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$107,985 | $8,653 | +147% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,522 | $2,561 | +112% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$129,143 | $16,862 | +93% |
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 743 · Inpatient stay |
$119,000 | $9,736 | +85% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$68,630 | $8,288 | +85% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$134,222 | $15,147 | +81% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$65,004 | $7,749 | +75% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,530 | $21,984 | -20% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Major Complications
MS-DRG 417 · Inpatient stay |
$84,750 | $17,665 | -19% |
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$64,318 | $15,166 | -13% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$136,396 | $28,513 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,364 | $20,252 | -9% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$170,854 | $32,125 | -7% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,113 | $3,308 | -6% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$85,795 | $16,928 | about average |
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.