Heart Failure Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$35,424
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$8,481 – $45,611
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $8,481Cash pay $6,785 - 2
Elbert Memorial Hospital
Elberton, GA
Gross charge $8,718Cash pay $3,487 - 3
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $12,393Cash pay $9,914 - 4
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $22,409Cash pay $15,238Medicare pays (avg) $8,844 - 5
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $25,002Cash pay $20,002 - 6
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $27,786Medicare pays (avg) $10,594 - 7
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $27,786Medicare pays (avg) $14,710 - 8
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $28,304Cash pay $18,398Medicare pays (avg) $9,150 - 9
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $28,304Cash pay $18,398 - 10
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
Gross charge $37,422Cash pay $22,453Medicare pays (avg) $8,812 - 11
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica
Villa Rica, GA
Gross charge $37,422Cash pay $22,453Medicare pays (avg) $11,020 - 12
Higgins General Hospital
Bremen, GA
Gross charge $37,422Cash pay $22,453 - 13
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $41,832Cash pay $12,550Medicare pays (avg) $9,210 - 14
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $9,025 - 15
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $9,442 - 16
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $9,916 - 17
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $9,549 - 18
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $8,214 - 19
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $8,757 - 20
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $41,984Cash pay $12,595Medicare pays (avg) $9,260 - 21
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $9,312 - 22
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $8,671 - 23
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $9,427 - 24
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $8,112 - 25
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $9,605 - 26
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $6,551 - 27
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $45,611Cash pay $13,683Medicare pays (avg) $8,645 - 28
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,949 - 29
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,172 - 30
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,339 - 31
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,515 - 32
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,135 - 33
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,645 - 34
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,913 - 35
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,639 - 36
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,309 - 38
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,153 - 39
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,973 - 40
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,076 - 41
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,454 - 45
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,144 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,291 - 47
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,170 - 48
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,290 - 49Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,841
- 50
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 51
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge —
27 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for heart failure (DRG 291). Prices range from $8,481 to $45,611 — roughly $37,129 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $35,424.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.