DRG 004 · Respiratory

Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals

Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.

State average
$520,570
gross charge · DRG 004
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$91,509 – $679,547
low to high
Lowest $91,509 Highest $679,547

21 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (DRG 004). Prices range from $91,509 to $679,547 — roughly 7×. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $520,570.

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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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 $91,509
    Cash pay $73,208
  2. 2

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus

    Brunswick, GA

    Gross charge $243,697
  3. 3

    Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus

    Saint Marys, GA

    Gross charge $243,697
  4. 4

    St. Mary's Health Care System

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $287,406
    Cash pay $186,814
  5. 5

    St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital

    Greensboro, GA

    Gross charge $287,406
    Cash pay $186,814
  6. 6

    Piedmont Augusta

    Augusta, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  7. 7

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown

    Columbus, GA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
    Medicare pays (avg) $78,364
  8. 8

    Piedmont Athens Regional

    Athens, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  9. 9

    Piedmont Rockdale

    Conyers, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  10. 10

    Piedmont Henry

    Stockbridge, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  11. 11

    Piedmont Macon North

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  12. 12

    Piedmont Fayette Hospital

    Fayetteville, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  13. 13

    Piedmont Newnan

    Newnan, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  14. 14

    Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba

    Macon, GA

    Gross charge $557,936
    Cash pay $167,381
  15. 15

    Piedmont Newton Hospital

    Covington, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  16. 16

    Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

    Cartersville, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  17. 17

    Piedmont Walton

    Monroe, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  18. 18

    Piedmont Hospital, Inc

    Atlanta, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  19. 19

    Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Snellville, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  20. 20

    Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside

    Columbus, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  21. 21

    Piedmont Mountainside

    Jasper, GA

    Gross charge $679,547
    Cash pay $203,864
  22. 22

    Savannah Health Services Llc Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center

    Savannah, GA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $72,007
  23. 23

    Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center

    Rome, GA

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  24. 24

    East Georgia Regional Medical Center

    Statesboro, GA

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  25. 25

    Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlanta, GA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $118,428
  26. 26

    Tift Regional Medical Center

    Tifton, GA

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  28. 28

    Crisp Regional Hospital

    Cordele, GA

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  29. 29

    SGMC Health - Main

    Valdosta, GA

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  30. 30

    Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)

    Dublin, GA

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  31. 31

    Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

    Vidalia, GA

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  32. 32

    Memorial Hospital and Manor

    Bainbridge, GA

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  33. 33

    Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin

    Milledgeville, GA

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  34. 34

    Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)

    Augusta, GA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $55,945
  35. 35

    SGMC Health - Berrien

    Nashville, GA

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  36. 36

    Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia

    Ringgold, GA

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  37. 37

    Atrium Health Navicent Peach

    Byron, GA

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  39. 39
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  40. 40

    Sgmc Health Lanier

    Lakeland, GA

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  42. 42

    Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Albany, GA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $146,267
  43. 43

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

    Gainesville, GA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $96,029
  44. 44

    Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

    Demorest, GA

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  45. 45

    St. Joseph's Hospital

    Savannah, GA

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  46. 46

    Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center

    Macon, GA

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  47. 47

    Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)

    Duluth, GA

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