Viral Illness Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.
State average
$31,708
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$5,745 – $53,500
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $5,745Cash pay $4,596 - 2
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $9,512 - 3
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $9,512 - 4
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $22,954Cash pay $14,920 - 5
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $22,954Cash pay $14,920 - 6
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $28,146Cash pay $8,444 - 7
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 8
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 9
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 10
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 11
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 12
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 13
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $35,882Cash pay $10,765 - 14
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 15
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 16
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 17
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 18
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 19
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 20
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,926 - 21
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $39,133Cash pay $26,610 - 22
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $53,500Cash pay $42,800 - 23
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge — - 24
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge — - 25
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge — - 26
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge — - 27
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 28
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge — - 31
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 32
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 33
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge — - 34
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 35
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge — - 36
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge — - 40
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge — - 43
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —
22 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for viral illness (DRG 866). Prices range from $5,745 to $53,500 — roughly $47,755 apart. The cheapest is Bacon County Hospital in Alma; the most expensive is Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. The state average sits at $31,708.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 866 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.