DRG 191 · Respiratory

COPD Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. A hospital stay usually involves oxygen, inhaled breathing treatments, and steroid or antibiotic medicines until breathing improves.

State average
$33,784
gross charge · DRG 191
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$5,569 – $44,510
low to high
Lowest $5,569 Highest $44,510

27 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for copd (DRG 191). Prices range from $5,569 to $44,510 — roughly $38,941 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $33,784.

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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 191 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 $5,569
    Cash pay $4,455
  2. 2
    Gross charge $9,942
    Cash pay $3,977
  3. 3

    Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton

    Carrollton, GA

    Gross charge $14,665
    Cash pay $8,799
  4. 4

    Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica

    Villa Rica, GA

    Gross charge $14,665
    Cash pay $8,799
  5. 5
    Gross charge $14,665
    Cash pay $8,799
  6. 6

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $22,398
    Cash pay $14,559
  7. 7

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $22,398
    Cash pay $14,559
  8. 8

    Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc

    Douglas, GA

    Gross charge $23,090
    Cash pay $15,701
  9. 9

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    Gross charge $23,852
  10. 10

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $23,852
  11. 11

    Wayne Memorial Hospital

    Jesup, GA

    Gross charge $25,286
    Cash pay $20,229
  12. 12

    Piedmont Augusta

    Augusta, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  13. 13

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  14. 14

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,773
  15. 15

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  16. 16

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  17. 17

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  18. 18

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  19. 19

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  20. 20

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $44,467
    Cash pay $13,340
  21. 21

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
  22. 22

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
  23. 23

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
  24. 24

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,053
  25. 25

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
  26. 26

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
  27. 27

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    Gross charge $44,510
    Cash pay $13,977
  28. 28
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  29. 29

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,687
  30. 30

    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

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  33. 33
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  34. 34

    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,513
  36. 36

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

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  39. 39

    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

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  40. 40

    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

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  42. 42

    Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

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  43. 43

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  44. 44
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  45. 45
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  46. 46

    Sgmc Health Lanier

    Lakeland, GA

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  47. 47
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  48. 48
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  49. 49

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,848
  50. 50

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

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  52. 52

    Union General Hospital

    Blairsville, GA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,083
  53. 53

    Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge
  54. 54

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

    Gross charge

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