Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $12,743Cash pay $10,195 - 2
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $26,617Cash pay $21,293 - 3
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $50,607Cash pay $34,413 - 4
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $53,494Medicare pays (avg) $15,716 - 5
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $53,494 - 6
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $74,396Cash pay $48,358Medicare pays (avg) $13,797 - 7
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $74,396Cash pay $48,358 - 8
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $84,916Cash pay $67,933 - 9
Piedmont Augusta
Augusta, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875 - 10
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875 - 11
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875 - 12
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875 - 13
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875Medicare pays (avg) $13,926 - 14
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875 - 15
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875Medicare pays (avg) $12,845 - 16
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875Medicare pays (avg) $12,208 - 17
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $102,918Cash pay $30,875 - 18
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055Medicare pays (avg) $13,505 - 19
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055 - 20
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055 - 21
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055Medicare pays (avg) $10,716 - 22
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055 - 23
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055 - 24
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $110,184Cash pay $33,055 - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,077
- 26
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,108 - 27
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,581 - 28
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,376 - 30
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 32
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 38
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Optim Medical Center – Screven
Sylvania, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Sgmc Health Lanier
Lakeland, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 45
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,302 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,889 - 47
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 48
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,104 - 49
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,856 - 50Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,072
- 51
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,521
24 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for hip & knee replacement (DRG 470). Prices range from $12,743 to $110,184 — roughly $97,441 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $88,676.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of hip & knee replacement. 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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement 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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.