Substance Use Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug dependence, often to manage withdrawal, without a formal rehabilitation program during the stay. Care typically involves medications to ease withdrawal safely, monitoring, and treatment of related medical problems.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $11,529Cash pay $9,223 - 2
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $11,551Cash pay $7,508 - 3
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $11,551Cash pay $7,508 - 4
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $43,277 - 5
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $43,277 - 6
Piedmont Augusta
Augusta, GA
Gross charge $44,006Cash pay $13,202 - 7
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 8
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 9
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 10
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 11
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 12
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 13
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $48,136Cash pay $14,441 - 14
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 15
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 16
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 17
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 18
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 19
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 20
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 21
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $48,220Cash pay $14,466 - 22
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $61,067Cash pay $41,525 - 23
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $103,136Cash pay $82,509 - 24Gross charge —
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Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 26
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 27
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $24,642 - 28
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 31
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 37
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Optim Medical Center – Screven
Sylvania, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Sgmc Health Lanier
Lakeland, 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) $12,537 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 47
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 48Gross charge —
- 49
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —
23 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for substance use (DRG 896). Prices range from $11,529 to $103,136 — roughly $91,607 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. The state average sits at $45,744.
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 substance use 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 substance use 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 substance use in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 896 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.