Medical Back Problems Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$37,648
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$6,351 – $47,758
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $6,351Cash pay $5,081 - 2
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $15,174Cash pay $12,139 - 3
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $21,978Cash pay $14,286 - 4
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $21,978Cash pay $14,286 - 5
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $26,082Cash pay $17,736 - 6
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $26,342Medicare pays (avg) $7,592 - 7
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $26,342 - 8
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
Gross charge $42,386Cash pay $25,432Medicare pays (avg) $7,330 - 9
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica
Villa Rica, GA
Gross charge $42,386Cash pay $25,432 - 10
Higgins General Hospital
Bremen, GA
Gross charge $42,386Cash pay $25,432 - 11
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932Medicare pays (avg) $7,606 - 12
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932Medicare pays (avg) $6,864 - 13
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932 - 14
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932 - 15
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932 - 16
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932Medicare pays (avg) $6,761 - 17
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $12,932 - 18
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727 - 19
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727Medicare pays (avg) $6,779 - 20
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727 - 21
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727Medicare pays (avg) $5,605 - 22
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727Medicare pays (avg) $7,186 - 23
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727Medicare pays (avg) $4,239 - 24
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $45,755Cash pay $13,727 - 25
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $47,758Cash pay $14,327 - 26
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,218 - 27
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 28
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,160 - 29
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,243 - 30
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 31
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,133 - 32
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,319 - 37
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,770 - 43
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,091 - 44
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 45
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,961 - 46
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,525
- 48
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 49
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge —
25 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for medical back problems (DRG 552). Prices range from $6,351 to $47,758 — roughly $41,407 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba in Macon. The state average sits at $37,648.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of medical 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 medical 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 medical 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.