DRG 868 · Infection & Sepsis

Infectious Diseases Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

Covers bacterial, viral, or parasitic infections that don't fall into a more specific category. A stay typically involves IV medications, fluids, and monitoring while the infection is treated.

State average
$45,879
gross charge · DRG 868
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$6,812 – $62,315
low to high
Lowest $6,812 Highest $62,315

19 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for infectious diseases (DRG 868). Prices range from $6,812 to $62,315 — roughly $55,503 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba in Macon. The state average sits at $45,879.

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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 868 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $6,812
    Cash pay $5,450
  2. 2

    Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc

    Douglas, GA

    Gross charge $16,626
    Cash pay $11,306
  3. 3

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  4. 4

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  5. 5

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  6. 6

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  7. 7

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  8. 8

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  9. 9

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    Gross charge $33,530
    Cash pay $10,059
  10. 10

    Wayne Memorial Hospital

    Jesup, GA

    Gross charge $52,717
    Cash pay $42,174
  11. 11

    Piedmont Augusta

    Augusta, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  12. 12

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  13. 13

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  14. 14

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  15. 15

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  16. 16

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  17. 17

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  18. 18

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  19. 19

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $62,315
    Cash pay $18,695
  20. 20
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  21. 21

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

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  22. 22

    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

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  24. 24

    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

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  25. 25
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  26. 26

    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

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  27. 27

    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

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  28. 28

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

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  29. 29

    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

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  30. 30

    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

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  31. 31

    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

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  32. 32

    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

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  33. 33

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

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  34. 34

    Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

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  35. 35

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  36. 36
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  37. 37
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  38. 38

    Sgmc Health Lanier

    Lakeland, GA

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  39. 39
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  40. 40
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  41. 41

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

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  42. 42

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

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  43. 43

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

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  44. 44

    Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center

    Macon, GA

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  45. 45

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

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