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Grady Memorial Hospital

Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA charges 4.6x the Medicare reimbursement rate on average across 83 analyzed procedures, with 20% showing particularly high markup ratios.

Atlanta, GA 30303 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 2/5

By Elena Vasquez , Medical Billing Research Lead · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Elena Vasquez leads hospital billing pattern analysis at BillRazor Research. She focuses on identifying overcharges, markup outliers, and patient advocacy strategies. Expertise: hospital billing patterns, overcharge analysis, patient advocacy.

83 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 3.2x1.9x15.0x
4.6x
Medicare markup ratio
GA lowestGrady Memorial HospitalGA highest
4.6x
Avg markup ratio
4.4x
Median markup
83
Procedures
21%
Outlier procedures
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Pricing grade

C

Average

Avg markup vs Medicare

4.64x

Charge / Medicare rate

Max markup

8.97x

Worst procedure

Procedures analyzed

83

With pricing data

Outlier procedures

20.5%

Above 90th percentile

Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC025$447,922$223,9619x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC481$225,478$112,7398.5x
TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA >1 HOUR WITH MCC082$254,556$127,2788.4x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITH MCC521$349,608$174,8048.3x
OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH MCC957$713,238$356,6198.2x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC480$285,318$142,6598.2x
LIMB REATTACHMENT, HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA956$431,936$215,9687.7x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC482$173,179$86,5907.6x
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC853$449,169$224,5857.4x
TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NECK WITHOU004$921,140$460,5707.2x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC064$191,961$95,9817.2x
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC493$220,860$110,4307.1x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC522$200,960$100,4806.8x
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC494$184,377$92,1896.8x
ECMO OR TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NEC003$1,129,594$564,7976.3x
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS208$208,593$104,2966.3x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC O023$333,011$166,5056.1x
OTHER MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH CC964$129,260$64,6305.8x
TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA <1 HOUR WITH MCC085$180,198$90,0995.8x
TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA >1 HOUR WITH CC083$126,273$63,1375.7x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC871$152,090$76,0455.4x
HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITH MCC974$198,779$99,3895.4x
SEIZURES WITH MCC100$138,640$69,3205.3x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS870$360,365$180,1835.3x
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC377$128,566$64,2835.2x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC280$125,256$62,6285.2x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS065$96,264$48,1325.2x
OTHER MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH MCC963$178,569$89,2845x
OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC314$139,170$69,5854.9x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MC024$191,759$95,8804.8x
MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC551$117,997$58,9994.8x
TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA <1 HOUR WITH CC086$101,057$50,5284.8x
PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC OR ACUTE COR PULMONALE175$103,866$51,9334.8x
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC069$72,421$36,2104.8x
MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC552$84,366$42,1834.7x
MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA WITH CC184$89,073$44,5374.7x
NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCC070$115,998$57,9994.5x
DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITH MCC056$141,132$70,5664.5x
FRACTURE, SPRAIN, STRAIN AND DISLOCATION EXCEPT FEMUR, HIP, PELVIS AND THIGH WITHOUT MCC563$72,211$36,1064.5x
ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WIT062$110,520$55,2604.5x
NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC071$80,595$40,2974.5x
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC378$72,030$36,0154.4x
TRAUMA TO THE SKIN, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND BREAST WITHOUT MCC605$78,471$39,2364.3x
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSES WITH CC565$75,916$37,9584.2x
RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC682$91,867$45,9344.2x
PNEUMOTHORAX WITH CC200$81,812$40,9064.2x
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC698$99,387$49,6944.1x
OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH CC092$78,757$39,3794.1x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC872$73,358$36,6794x
TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA <1 HOUR WITHOUT CC/MCC087$68,126$34,0633.9x

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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.

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