Back Problems Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$54,007
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$11,073 – $68,471
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $11,073Cash pay $8,859 - 2
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $18,153 - 3
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $18,153 - 4
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $45,760Cash pay $36,608 - 5
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $47,422Cash pay $30,824 - 6
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $47,422Cash pay $30,824 - 7
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 8
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 9
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 10
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 11
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 12
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 13
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $17,407 - 14
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $60,698Cash pay $18,209 - 15
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541 - 16
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541Medicare pays (avg) $11,870 - 17
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541 - 18
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541 - 19
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541 - 20
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541 - 21
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $68,471Cash pay $20,541 - 22
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 23
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 24
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,853 - 25
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 26
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 27
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 28
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,789 - 33
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,955 - 40
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 42
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,684
21 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for back problems (DRG 551). Prices range from $11,073 to $68,471 — roughly $57,398 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Newnan in Newnan. The state average sits at $54,007.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of back problems. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems in Georgia, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Georgia hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.