DRG 064 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.

State average
$68,975
gross charge · DRG 064
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$13,286 – $86,234
low to high
Lowest $13,286 Highest $86,234

24 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for stroke (DRG 064). Prices range from $13,286 to $86,234 — roughly $72,948 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $68,975.

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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 064 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 $13,286
    Cash pay $10,629
  2. 2

    Warm Springs Medical Center

    Warm Springs, GA

    Gross charge $22,264
    Cash pay $11,132
  3. 3
    Gross charge $34,611
    Cash pay $13,844
  4. 4

    Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc

    Douglas, GA

    Gross charge $41,974
    Cash pay $28,543
  5. 5

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $46,991
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,999
  6. 6

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $46,991
  7. 7

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $53,276
    Cash pay $34,629
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,508
  8. 8

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $53,276
    Cash pay $34,629
  9. 9

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    60 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,284
  10. 10

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    55 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,146
  11. 11

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,752
  12. 12

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    60 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,600
  13. 13

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
  14. 14

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,025
  15. 15

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,387
  16. 16

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $81,666
    Cash pay $24,500
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,878
  17. 17

    Piedmont Augusta

    Augusta, GA

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $85,774
    Cash pay $25,732
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,046
  18. 18

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
  19. 19

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,623
  20. 20

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,790
  21. 21

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,993
  22. 22

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,286
  23. 23

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
  24. 24

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $86,234
    Cash pay $25,870
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,732
  25. 25

    Savannah Health Services Llc Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center

    Savannah, GA

    130 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,116
  26. 26

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,566
  27. 27

    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

    72 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,631
  29. 29

    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,643
  30. 30
    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,276
  33. 33

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,462
  34. 34

    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,328
  38. 38

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

    Gross charge
  41. 41
    Gross charge
  42. 42
    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Sgmc Health Lanier

    Lakeland, GA

    Gross charge
  44. 44
    Gross charge
  45. 45

    Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Albany, GA

    47 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,454
  46. 46

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

    116 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,612
  47. 47

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,964
  49. 49

    Union General Hospital

    Blairsville, GA

    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center

    Macon, GA

    53 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,622
  51. 51

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

    Gross charge

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