ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.
State average
$688,952
gross charge · DRG 003
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$140,225 – $808,945
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $140,225Cash pay $112,180 - 2
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $301,901 - 3
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $301,901 - 4
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $721,671Cash pay $469,086 - 5
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $721,671Cash pay $469,086 - 6
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703 - 7
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703 - 8
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703 - 9
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703Medicare pays (avg) $141,248 - 10
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703 - 11
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703 - 12
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $725,677Cash pay $217,703 - 13
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 14
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 15
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 16
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 17
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 18
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 19
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 20
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $798,992Cash pay $239,697 - 21
Piedmont Augusta
Augusta, GA
Gross charge $808,945Cash pay $242,684 - 22Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $121,391
- 23
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 24
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 25
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $157,231 - 26
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 27
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 28
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 29
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 35
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Optim Medical Center – Screven
Sylvania, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Sgmc Health Lanier
Lakeland, 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 — - 43
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $171,163 - 44
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 45
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $144,943
- 47
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —
21 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation (DRG 003). Prices range from $140,225 to $808,945 — roughly 6×. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Augusta in Augusta. The state average sits at $688,952.
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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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.