Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$165,775
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$32,627 – $214,382
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $32,627Cash pay $26,102 - 2
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $59,520Cash pay $47,616 - 3
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $73,595Cash pay $50,045 - 4
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $98,632Cash pay $64,111Medicare pays (avg) $35,976 - 5
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $98,632Cash pay $64,111 - 6
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $106,899Medicare pays (avg) $46,673 - 7
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $106,899 - 8
Piedmont Augusta
Augusta, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $33,991 - 9
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $27,015 - 10
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $33,520 - 11
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $33,257 - 12
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $37,475 - 13
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845 - 14
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $30,155 - 15
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $32,971 - 16
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $192,817Cash pay $57,845Medicare pays (avg) $35,651 - 17
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315Medicare pays (avg) $31,142 - 18
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315Medicare pays (avg) $31,917 - 19
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315 - 20
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315Medicare pays (avg) $36,264 - 21
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315Medicare pays (avg) $30,590 - 22
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315Medicare pays (avg) $23,775 - 23
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $214,382Cash pay $64,315Medicare pays (avg) $31,568 - 24Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,621
- 25
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,823 - 26
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,294 - 27
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $79,547 - 28
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 31
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $33,170 - 32
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $38,025 - 37
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Optim Medical Center – Screven
Sylvania, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Sgmc Health Lanier
Lakeland, 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) $48,460 - 45
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,072 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 47
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,896 - 48
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $39,730
- 50
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,878
23 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for infection requiring surgery (DRG 853). Prices range from $32,627 to $214,382 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $165,775.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.