DRG 556 · Musculoskeletal

Muscle & Joint Symptoms Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

Pain or other symptoms in the muscles, bones, or joints that need hospital evaluation. The stay usually involves imaging and tests to find the cause, along with pain management.

State average
$32,515
gross charge · DRG 556
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$5,487 – $41,723
low to high
Lowest $5,487 Highest $41,723

23 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for muscle & joint symptoms (DRG 556). Prices range from $5,487 to $41,723 — roughly $36,235 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $32,515.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of muscle & joint symptoms. 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 muscle & joint symptoms at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling muscle & joint symptoms 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 muscle & joint symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 556 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 $5,487
    Cash pay $4,390
  2. 2

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $16,125
    Cash pay $10,481
  3. 3

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $16,125
    Cash pay $10,481
  4. 4

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    Gross charge $16,270
  5. 5

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $16,270
  6. 6
    Gross charge $24,720
    Cash pay $9,888
  7. 7

    Wayne Memorial Hospital

    Jesup, GA

    Gross charge $30,372
    Cash pay $24,297
  8. 8

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  9. 9

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  10. 10

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  11. 11

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  12. 12

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  13. 13

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  14. 14

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  15. 15

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $36,435
    Cash pay $10,930
  16. 16

    Piedmont Augusta

    Augusta, GA

    Gross charge $38,948
    Cash pay $11,684
  17. 17

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  18. 18

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  19. 19

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  20. 20

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  21. 21

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  22. 22

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  23. 23

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    Gross charge $41,723
    Cash pay $12,517
  24. 24
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  25. 25

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

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  26. 26

    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

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  27. 27

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

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  28. 28

    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

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  30. 30

    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

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  31. 31

    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

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  32. 32

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

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  33. 33

    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

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  34. 34

    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

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  35. 35

    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

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  36. 36

    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

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  37. 37

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

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  38. 38

    Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

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  39. 39

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  40. 40
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  41. 41
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  42. 42

    Sgmc Health Lanier

    Lakeland, GA

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  43. 43
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  44. 44
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  45. 45

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

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  46. 46

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

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  47. 47

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

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  48. 48

    Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center

    Macon, GA

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  49. 49

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

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