Major Chest Surgery Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$98,023
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$16,675 – $128,678
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $16,675Cash pay $13,340 - 2
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $51,760 - 3
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $51,760 - 4
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $56,717Cash pay $36,866 - 5
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $56,717Cash pay $36,866 - 6
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $85,452Cash pay $58,107 - 7
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642 - 8
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642 - 9
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642 - 10
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642Medicare pays (avg) $15,037 - 11
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642 - 12
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642 - 13
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $108,806Cash pay $32,642 - 14
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389Medicare pays (avg) $18,128 - 15
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389Medicare pays (avg) $18,864 - 16
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389 - 17
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389 - 18
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389 - 19
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389 - 20
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $121,297Cash pay $36,389 - 21
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $128,678Cash pay $38,603 - 22
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 23
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 24
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge — - 25
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 26
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 27
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 28
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,193 - 40
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,135 - 42
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge — - 43
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —
21 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for major chest surgery (DRG 164). Prices range from $16,675 to $128,678 — roughly 8×. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba in Macon. The state average sits at $98,023.
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 major chest 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 major chest 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.