DRG 199 · Respiratory

Collapsed Lung Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

Air leaking into the space around a lung, causing it to collapse, in patients who also have other serious health problems. Treatment usually involves a chest tube to re-expand the lung and close monitoring.

State average
$40,396
gross charge · DRG 199
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$11,655 – $50,014
low to high
Lowest $11,655 Highest $50,014

21 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for collapsed lung (DRG 199). Prices range from $11,655 to $50,014 — roughly $38,359 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Newnan in Newnan. The state average sits at $40,396.

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 collapsed lung 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 collapsed lung 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 collapsed lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 199 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $11,655
    Cash pay $9,324
  2. 2

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    Gross charge $28,796
  3. 3

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $28,796
  4. 4

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $32,502
    Cash pay $9,751
  5. 5

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  6. 6

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  7. 7

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  8. 8

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  9. 9

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  10. 10

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  11. 11

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    Gross charge $38,813
    Cash pay $11,644
  12. 12

    Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc

    Douglas, GA

    Gross charge $39,459
    Cash pay $26,832
  13. 13

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $42,660
    Cash pay $27,729
  14. 14

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $42,660
    Cash pay $27,729
  15. 15

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  16. 16

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  17. 17

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  18. 18

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  19. 19

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  20. 20

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  21. 21

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    Gross charge $50,014
    Cash pay $15,004
  22. 22

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

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    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

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    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

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    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

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    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

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    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

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  28. 28

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

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    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

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    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

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    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

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    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

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  33. 33

    Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

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    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

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    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  39. 39

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,977
  40. 40

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

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  41. 41

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

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  42. 42

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

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