25/100
#2,029 nationally
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
1700 Medical Way, Snellville, GA 30078 · (770) 979-0200
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Eastside Medical Center billed $6.58 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
- 62
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #57
- 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 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
225 | $98,657 | $15,598 | +51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $25,576 | $2,470 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $30,412 | $2,897 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $16,328 | $1,483 | +62% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
107 | $62,494 | $10,981 | +44% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $105,229 | $12,054 | +68% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $56,990 | $11,451 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $25,444 | $1,731 | +124% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $86,621 | $13,326 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $24,154 | $2,848 | +26% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,444 | $1,731 | +124% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,281 | $4,661 | +79% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,215 | $2,637 | +71% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,229 | $12,054 | +68% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$90,423 | $14,153 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,328 | $1,483 | +62% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,142 | $2,867 | +60% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,265 | $9,385 | +58% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$34,405 | $15,421 | -7% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$38,352 | $7,896 | -6% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$62,564 | $13,164 | -6% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$48,204 | $9,912 | -3% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$55,932 | $10,888 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$32,537 | $7,313 | +4% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$37,152 | $6,933 | +10% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$61,302 | $10,049 | +12% |
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.