35/100
#1,746 nationally
Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside
100 Frist Court, Columbus, GA 31909 · (706) 494-2101
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside billed $5.91 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
- 5.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #37
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
278 | $58,666 | $11,983 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $27,262 | $2,854 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $31,979 | $4,293 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $16,049 | $2,251 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $89,552 | $10,922 | +43% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $32,338 | $6,616 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $25,978 | $1,705 | +101% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $36,983 | $7,724 | -15% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $209,636 | $28,627 | +18% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $25,736 | $5,437 | -22% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,978 | $1,705 | +101% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$154,000 | $14,155 | +85% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,808 | $2,373 | +50% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$127,413 | $17,013 | +47% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$89,552 | $10,922 | +43% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,262 | $2,854 | +32% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$292,751 | $38,647 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,719 | $2,371 | +26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$19,797 | $5,495 | -49% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$28,254 | $9,687 | -47% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$101,509 | $31,199 | -43% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$35,952 | $8,460 | -41% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$30,478 | $5,917 | -33% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$87,345 | $19,840 | -33% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$48,723 | $9,402 | -31% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$21,594 | $4,751 | -31% |
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.