Alcohol & Drug Use (Left Against Medical Advice) Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug use problems in which the patient chose to leave before doctors recommended discharge. Care during the stay typically focuses on safe withdrawal and stabilization.
State average
$22,669
gross charge · DRG 894
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$4,076 – $41,141
low to high
Data notes for Georgia
- The lowest published charge ($4,076 at Bacon County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $4,076Cash pay $3,260 - 2
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $15,129Cash pay $9,834 - 3
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $15,129Cash pay $9,834 - 4
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $18,366 - 5
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $18,366 - 6
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $21,975Cash pay $6,593 - 7
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 8
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 9
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 10
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 11
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 12
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 13
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $22,799Cash pay $6,840 - 14
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 15
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 16
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 17
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 18
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 19
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 20
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $26,040Cash pay $7,812 - 21
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $41,141Cash pay $27,976 - 22
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 23
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 24
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge — - 25
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 26
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 27
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 28
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 42
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
21 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) (DRG 894). Prices range from $4,076 to $41,141 — roughly $37,065 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc in Douglas. The state average sits at $22,669.
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 alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) 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 alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) 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 alcohol & drug use (left against medical advice) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 894 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.