CostGrade

All published prices at Piedmont Augusta Hospital

145 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

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Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

17 $32,639 $7,627 -13%
Stroke (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay

16 $30,841 $5,413 -14%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

16 $54,655 $13,682 -32%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay

16 $86,625 $15,259 +14%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

16 $18,103 $4,775 -28%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay

16 $140,030 $38,443 -22%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay

16 $20,956 $7,194 -46%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

16 $27,631 $7,292 -20%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay

16 $27,725 $7,473 -38%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay

16 $29,237 $6,823 -17%
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit

16 $99,703 $18,470 +24%
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications

MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay

15 $294,933 $70,893 -4%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

15 $41,296 $10,347 -27%
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay

15 $68,405 $12,890 -18%
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Complications

MS-DRG 982 · Inpatient stay

15 $118,216 $20,943 +13%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

15 $22,457 $2,739 +10%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

14 $68,090 $11,811 +18%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications

MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay

14 $43,135 $12,520 -48%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization

MS-DRG 220 · Inpatient stay

14 $276,734 $68,194 +19%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay

14 $40,620 $8,061 about average
Extracranial Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay

13 $52,769 $12,188 -21%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

13 $41,908 $8,814 -12%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

13 $113,463 $22,537 about average
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

13 $235,004 $45,984 -12%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $12,683 $1,436 +11%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $12,887 $1,610 +10%
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay

12 $152,904 $30,677 -21%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay

12 $33,599 $12,754 -49%
Seizures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay

12 $28,827 $6,492 -29%
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation without Major Complications

MS-DRG 234 · Inpatient stay

12 $238,981 $43,133 +9%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

12 $218,744 $34,397 +15%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay

12 $30,284 $8,714 -29%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

12 $37,772 $11,800 -24%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay

12 $69,642 $16,270 -23%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major

MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay

12 $78,497 $16,776 +3%
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major

MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay

12 $108,136 $33,434 -43%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

12 $25,268 $6,670 -31%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay

12 $18,812 $4,625 -22%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit

12 $26,014 $3,930 -13%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay

11 $116,586 $26,231 -24%
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay

11 $59,818 $12,177 -19%
Major Chest Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay

11 $142,206 $17,289 +31%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization

MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay

11 $282,648 $70,415 -16%
Digestive Malignancy with Complications

MS-DRG 375 · Inpatient stay

11 $33,634 $9,776 -37%
Skin Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay

11 $40,878 $10,280 -20%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.