DRG 069 · Nervous System

Mini-Stroke (TIA) Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

A transient ischemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke," in which blood flow to part of the brain is briefly blocked and stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own. The stay focuses on brain imaging, heart monitoring, and starting medications to prevent a future stroke.

State average
$35,889
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$5,277 – $45,731
low to high
Lowest $5,277 Highest $45,731

23 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for mini-stroke (tia) (DRG 069). Prices range from $5,277 to $45,731 — roughly $40,454 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Newnan in Newnan. The state average sits at $35,889.

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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 069 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 $5,277
    Cash pay $4,222
  2. 2
    Gross charge $10,644
    Cash pay $4,257
  3. 3

    Warm Springs Medical Center

    Warm Springs, GA

    Gross charge $15,842
    Cash pay $7,921
  4. 4

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $19,215
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,049
  5. 5

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $19,215
  6. 6

    Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc

    Douglas, GA

    Gross charge $23,805
    Cash pay $16,187
  7. 7

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,585
    Cash pay $16,630
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,506
  8. 8

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $25,585
    Cash pay $16,630
  9. 9

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $43,841
    Cash pay $13,152
  10. 10

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
  11. 11

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,512
  12. 12

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
  13. 13

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,184
  14. 14

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,299
  15. 15

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,174
  16. 16

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,189
    Cash pay $13,557
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,252
  17. 17

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    57 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,091
  18. 18

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,043
  19. 19

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,961
  20. 20

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
  21. 21

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
  22. 22

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
  23. 23

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,731
    Cash pay $13,719
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,771
  24. 24

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,806
  25. 25

    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

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  26. 26

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

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  27. 27

    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,389
  28. 28

    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

    Gross charge —
  29. 29

    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,396
  30. 30

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,194
  31. 31

    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

    Gross charge —
  32. 32

    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

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  33. 33

    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

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  34. 34

    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,065
  35. 35

    Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

    Gross charge —
  36. 36

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

    Gross charge —
  37. 37

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  39. 39
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  40. 40

    Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Albany, GA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,780
  41. 41

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,431
  42. 42

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

    Gross charge —
  44. 44

    Union General Hospital

    Blairsville, GA

    Gross charge —
  45. 45

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

    Gross charge —
  46. 46
    Gross charge —
  47. 47

    Savannah Health Services Llc Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center

    Savannah, GA

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,475

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