49/100
#1,294 nationally
Piedmont Augusta Hospital
1350 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30901 · (706) 722-9011
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Augusta Hospital billed $5.06 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
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 145
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #28
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% 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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
457 | $16,908 | $2,712 | -33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
381 | $40,875 | $9,900 | -6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
380 | $17,658 | $2,268 | -9% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
332 | $66,517 | $14,640 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $58,646 | $10,777 | -6% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $26,415 | $4,361 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $117,721 | $19,754 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $56,899 | $9,103 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $10,020 | $1,330 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $27,596 | $4,798 | -21% |
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 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,091 | $4,713 | +42% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$142,206 | $17,289 | +31% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,875 | $9,032 | +30% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$236,539 | $37,257 | +29% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$47,521 | $10,377 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,452 | $1,666 | +27% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$52,907 | $8,779 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,703 | $18,470 | +24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$33,599 | $12,754 | -49% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$43,135 | $12,520 | -48% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$20,956 | $7,194 | -46% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay |
$108,136 | $33,434 | -43% |
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$23,995 | $5,770 | -39% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$27,878 | $8,255 | -38% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$27,725 | $7,473 | -38% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 375 · Inpatient stay |
$33,634 | $9,776 | -37% |
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.