Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$46,426
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$7,002 – $62,004
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $7,002Cash pay $5,601 - 2
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $10,296Cash pay $8,237 - 3
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $28,365 - 4
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $28,365 - 5
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $40,456Cash pay $32,365 - 6
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $40,724Cash pay $26,471 - 7
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $40,724Cash pay $26,471 - 8
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 9
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 10
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 11
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 12
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 13
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 14
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $49,864Cash pay $14,959 - 15
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 16
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 17
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 18
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 19
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 20
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 21
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $59,198Cash pay $17,759 - 22
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $62,004Cash pay $18,601 - 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 — - 26
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 27
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 28
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,587 - 41
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge — - 44
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 45
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
22 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lung (DRG 186). Prices range from $7,002 to $62,004 — roughly $55,003 apart. The cheapest is Jasper Memorial Hospital in Monticello; the most expensive is Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba in Macon. The state average sits at $46,426.
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 fluid around the 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 fluid around the 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 fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.