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Georgia: one knee, three prices

What Medicare pays Georgia hospitals and surgery centers for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what hospitals list, and which cost the most and the least.

Surgery center
$9,077
Median Medicare knee rate, 70 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$11,748
Median Medicare allowed amount
Hospital, overnight
$15,382
Median avg total payment (incl. patient share), 27 hospitals

Georgia requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers.

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Lowest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah$12,626$69,080$11,018
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro$13,213$134,853$11,898
Union General HospitalBlairsville$13,488$44,410$11,898
Houston HealthcareWarner Robins$13,960$49,894$10,905
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville$14,477$122,606$12,075
Adventhealth RedmondRome$14,727$155,003$11,711
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth$14,878$124,703$11,993
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton$14,891$75,664$11,009
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton$14,958$114,460$12,128
Piedmont Henry HospitalStockbridge$14,965$108,139$12,054

Highest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Emory University HospitalAtlanta$25,338$70,957$11,996
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta$22,821$105,693$11,978
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta$20,307$66,520$11,912
Northside HospitalAtlanta$18,429$122,056$12,107
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany$18,146$89,978$12,371
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta$17,811$110,530$11,513
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming$17,779$139,977$12,082
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical CenterMacon$17,335$86,280$11,495
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick$17,252$52,560$12,009
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville$17,015$152,086$11,663

Every Georgia hospital (71)

Orthopedic surgery centers (70)

Questions

How much does Medicare pay for a knee replacement in Georgia?

In 2024 the median average total payment to Georgia hospitals was $15,382 per Medicare inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 27 hospitals; Medicare's payment plus the patient's share), and the median Medicare allowed amount was $11,748 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $9,077 for a knee.

Which Georgia hospitals have the lowest Medicare payment for a joint replacement?

St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah ($12,626), East Georgia Regional Medical Center ($13,213), Union General Hospital ($13,488) (average total payment per inpatient stay, patient share included).

What do Georgia hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $108,139, about 7.0× the median average total payment for a Medicare stay.

Does Georgia have a certificate-of-need law?

Georgia requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers. CON covers ASCs and hospitals; a 2024 law (HB 1339) widened exemptions for physician-owned single-specialty and some joint-venture ASCs, but multispecialty ASCs still need CON.