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Georgia Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across Georgia — drawn from 73 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within Georgia, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel$11 – $207$1966
Urinalysis with Microscopy$3 – $60$564
Basic Metabolic Panel$9 – $125$1466
Lipid Panel (Cholesterol Test)$14 – $178$2366
CT Head without Contrast$109 – $1,342$30966
CT Chest without Contrast$109 – $1,342$29266
IUD Insertion$259 – $3,028$1,38056
Abdominal Hysterectomy$2,027 – $23,310$6,86040

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in Georgia, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
Colonoscopy with Biopsy$1,392$4,639
IUD Insertion$466$1,554
Chest X-ray (2 Views)$161$516
Critical Care, First Hour$1,828$5,586
Vitamin D Blood Test$79$238
TSH Thyroid Function Test$69$209

The most expensive shoppable procedures in Georgia

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$23,99255
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$17,06241
Total Hip Replacement$12,53743
Total Knee Replacement$12,53742
Cervical Spinal Fusion (Anterior)$12,25241
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$12,08057

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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