Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
A serious bacterial infection of the brain or spinal cord, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, close monitoring, and tests such as brain imaging or a spinal tap.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Warm Springs Medical Center
Warm Springs, GA
Gross charge $10,373Cash pay $5,186 - 2
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $16,853Cash pay $11,460 - 3
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $17,040Cash pay $13,632 - 4
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $37,312 - 5
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $37,312 - 6
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 7
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 8
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 9
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 10
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 11
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 12
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $202,696Cash pay $60,809 - 13
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 14
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 15
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 16
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 17
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 18
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 19
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $220,256Cash pay $66,077 - 20
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $235,716Cash pay $70,715 - 21
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 22
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 23
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge — - 24
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 25
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 26
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 27
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 28
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 40
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 41
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
20 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for bacterial meningitis & brain infections (DRG 095). Prices range from $10,373 to $235,716 — roughly 23×. The cheapest is Warm Springs Medical Center in Warm Springs; the most expensive is Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba in Macon. The state average sits at $165,763.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bacterial meningitis & brain infections admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 095 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.