Respiratory Failure Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$39,065
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$8,162 – $59,141
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $8,162Cash pay $6,529 - 2
Warm Springs Medical Center
Warm Springs, GA
Gross charge $18,552Cash pay $9,276 - 3
Elbert Memorial Hospital
Elberton, GA
Gross charge $20,734 - 4
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $20,852Cash pay $16,682 - 5
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
Gross charge $23,657Cash pay $14,194Medicare pays (avg) $9,727 - 6
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica
Villa Rica, GA
Gross charge $23,657Cash pay $14,194 - 7
Higgins General Hospital
Bremen, GA
Gross charge $23,657Cash pay $14,194 - 8
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $26,982Cash pay $17,538Medicare pays (avg) $7,636 - 9
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $26,982Cash pay $17,538 - 10
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $27,211Cash pay $18,503 - 11
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $33,171Medicare pays (avg) $10,028 - 12
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $33,171 - 13
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250Medicare pays (avg) $9,455 - 14
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250Medicare pays (avg) $8,574 - 15
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250Medicare pays (avg) $9,895 - 16
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250Medicare pays (avg) $8,716 - 17
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250 - 18
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250Medicare pays (avg) $8,188 - 19
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $44,168Cash pay $13,250Medicare pays (avg) $8,841 - 20
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $44,816Cash pay $13,445Medicare pays (avg) $8,873 - 21
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742Medicare pays (avg) $9,088 - 22
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742Medicare pays (avg) $8,558 - 23
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742Medicare pays (avg) $8,602 - 24
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742Medicare pays (avg) $7,422 - 25
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742Medicare pays (avg) $9,082 - 26
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742Medicare pays (avg) $6,797 - 27
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $59,141Cash pay $17,742 - 28
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,667 - 29
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,713 - 30
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,130 - 31
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,187 - 32
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 33
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,427 - 34
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,832Medicare pays (avg) $9,902 - 35
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,235 - 36
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,205 - 39
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,911 - 40
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,975 - 41
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,260 - 42
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 45
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,048 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,816 - 47
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,436 - 48
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,939 - 49
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,871 - 50Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,010
- 51
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 52
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge —
27 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory failure (DRG 189). Prices range from $8,162 to $59,141 — roughly $50,979 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $39,065.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.