Pneumonia Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $5,324Cash pay $4,259 - 2
Warm Springs Medical Center
Warm Springs, GA
Gross charge $11,202Cash pay $5,601 - 3
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
Gross charge $16,845Cash pay $10,107Medicare pays (avg) $6,297 - 4
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica
Villa Rica, GA
Gross charge $16,845Cash pay $10,107 - 5
Higgins General Hospital
Bremen, GA
Gross charge $16,845Cash pay $10,107 - 6
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $18,961Medicare pays (avg) $6,191 - 7
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $18,961 - 8
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $22,245Cash pay $14,459Medicare pays (avg) $5,672 - 9
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $22,245Cash pay $14,459 - 10
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $22,604Cash pay $15,371Medicare pays (avg) $5,418 - 11
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $28,100Cash pay $22,480 - 12
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $6,190 - 13
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $5,485 - 14
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $5,778 - 15
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $4,286 - 16
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $6,096 - 17
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $3,401 - 18
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $32,548Cash pay $9,764Medicare pays (avg) $5,442 - 19
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436 - 20
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436Medicare pays (avg) $5,982 - 21
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436 - 22
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436Medicare pays (avg) $6,140 - 23
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436Medicare pays (avg) $5,451 - 24
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436Medicare pays (avg) $5,376 - 25
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $34,785Cash pay $10,436Medicare pays (avg) $4,856 - 26
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $35,035Cash pay $10,510 - 27
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $37,937Cash pay $30,350Medicare pays (avg) $6,682 - 28
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,433 - 29
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,501 - 30
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,159 - 32
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 33
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,401 - 34
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, 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 — - 45
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,586 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,270 - 47
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 48
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,820 - 49Gross charge —
- 50
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 51
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge —
27 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 194). Prices range from $5,324 to $37,937 — roughly $32,613 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. The state average sits at $27,573.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.