DRG 545 · Musculoskeletal

Connective Tissue Disorders Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

Hospital care for autoimmune and connective tissue conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or vasculitis. The stay usually involves medications to control inflammation and treatment of any organs affected.

State average
$80,795
gross charge · DRG 545
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$16,395 – $115,843
low to high
Lowest $16,395 Highest $115,843

20 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for connective tissue disorders (DRG 545). Prices range from $16,395 to $115,843 — roughly $99,448 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Newnan in Newnan. The state average sits at $80,795.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of connective tissue disorders. 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 connective tissue disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling connective tissue disorders 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 connective tissue disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 545 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 $16,395
    Cash pay $13,116
  2. 2

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  3. 3

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  4. 4

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  5. 5

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  6. 6

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  7. 7

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  8. 8

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    Gross charge $60,083
    Cash pay $18,025
  9. 9

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    Gross charge $71,291
  10. 10

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $71,291
  11. 11

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $74,258
    Cash pay $22,277
  12. 12

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $75,594
    Cash pay $49,136
  13. 13

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $75,594
    Cash pay $49,136
  14. 14

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  15. 15

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  16. 16

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  17. 17

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  18. 18

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  19. 19

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  20. 20

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    Gross charge $115,843
    Cash pay $34,753
  21. 21

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

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    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

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  23. 23

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

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  24. 24

    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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  27. 27

    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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  32. 32

    Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

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  33. 33

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

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  34. 34

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  38. 38

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

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  39. 39

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

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  40. 40

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

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  41. 41

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

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