# Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) in GA

Billing code `47562`. Prices for this code at 69 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/gallbladder-removal-laparoscopic

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 1 publish a physician fee; 34 publish a facility charge; 11 publish both, mixed together; 23 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $905 |
| Typical | $5,799 |
| Dearest tenth | $10,582 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 12-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | see split | $17,972 | $277 | $26,390 | $31 | $17,972 | 7,613 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | see split | $29,121 | $299 | $19,430 | $31 | $29,121 | 5,292 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | see split | $18 | $299 | $20,167 | $18 | $3,250 | 5,202 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $6,095 | $326 | not published | $96 | $10,739 | 99 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $615 | not mentioned | $615 | $624 | $597 | $5,549 | 9 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $773 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $789 | $381 | $1,735 | 19 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $3,813 | $760 | not published | $728 | $4,125 | 20 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $5,583 | $617 | not published | $309 | $47,500 | 94 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $1,338 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,509 | $303 | $50,000 | 567 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $1,338 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,509 | $254 | $50,000 | 567 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $5,713 | $665 | not published | $633 | $10,955 | 29 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $5,685 | $760 | not published | $633 | $13,697 | 34 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $1,924 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,509 | $597 | $50,000 | 213 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $1,969 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $92 | $5,946 | 16 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $1,995 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,509 | $597 | $50,000 | 214 |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | WARM SPRINGS | not rated | $2,007 | $2,007 | not mentioned | $1,140 | $1,208 | $2,281 | 26 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $2,066 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,509 | $597 | $50,000 | 215 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $2,400 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,400 | $3,745 | 9 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $2,514 | $2,514 | not mentioned | not published | $2,395 | $17,476 | 3 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $3,307 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $7,212 | $223 | $23,350 | 66 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $3,686 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $2,187 | $33,600 | 80 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $4,108 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $4,108 | $627 | $8,600 | 44 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $4,689 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $100 | $8,905 | 12 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $5,136 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,020 | $14,082 | 138 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $5,351 | $5,351 | not mentioned | $23,258 | $5,298 | $7,947 | 12 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $5,424 | $950 | not published | $620 | $14,369 | 29 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $5,457 | $5,457 | not mentioned | not published | $811 | $13,245 | 15 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $5,458 | $5,458 | not mentioned | not published | $1,796 | $14,399 | 20 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $5,458 | $5,458 | not mentioned | not published | $1,796 | $14,399 | 20 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $5,529 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $167 | $12,773 | 19 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $5,560 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $11,000 | $3,146 | $18,260 | 25 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $5,563 | $5,563 | not mentioned | not published | $5,298 | $9,271 | 7 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $5,730 | $5,730 | not mentioned | not published | $4,962 | $11,481 | 13 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $5,769 | $5,769 | not mentioned | not published | $4,141 | $11,156 | 6 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $5,799 | $5,799 | not mentioned | not published | $5,685 | $11,370 | 15 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $5,808 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,020 | $14,369 | 104 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $6,034 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $6,034 | $1,325 | $12,582 | 82 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $6,115 | $6,115 | not mentioned | not published | $5,824 | $10,191 | 7 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $6,141 | $6,141 | not mentioned | not published | $3,327 | $12,171 | 9 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $11,283 | $1,096 | $30,032 | $1,096 | $11,283 | 4 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $6,215 | $6,215 | not mentioned | $12,257 | $6,034 | $6,638 | 10 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $6,428 | $6,428 | not mentioned | $16,385 | $4,962 | $12,855 | 17 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $6,472 | $6,472 | not mentioned | not published | $4,141 | $18,500 | 13 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $6,654 | $6,654 | not mentioned | $16,385 | $4,962 | $13,018 | 19 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $6,654 | $6,654 | not mentioned | $16,385 | $4,962 | $12,855 | 19 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $6,654 | $6,654 | not mentioned | $16,385 | $4,962 | $13,018 | 19 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $6,654 | $6,654 | not mentioned | $16,385 | $4,962 | $13,018 | 19 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $6,654 | $6,654 | not mentioned | $16,385 | $4,962 | $12,855 | 19 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $6,824 | $6,824 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $20,361 | 20 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $6,853 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $3,882 | $21,344 | 13 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $7,650 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $6,782 | $4,965 | $10,512 | 20 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $7,856 | $934 | not published | $620 | $15,675 | 21 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $8,735 | $8,735 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,110 | 12 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $8,784 | $8,784 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,051 | 12 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $8,784 | $8,784 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,051 | 12 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $8,784 | $8,784 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,944 | 12 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $8,784 | $8,784 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,402 | 12 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $9,026 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $2,365 | $17,280 | 89 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $9,097 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $2,365 | $17,280 | 135 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $10,113 | $10,113 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,150 | 13 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $10,307 | $10,307 | not mentioned | $18,111 | $633 | $57,015 | 41 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $10,308 | $10,308 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $23,109 | 13 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $11,678 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $11,678 | $4,231 | $18,101 | 17 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $12,400 | $12,400 | not mentioned | not published | $4,125 | $29,917 | 10 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $15,026 | $15,026 | not mentioned | not published | $1,937 | $20,634 | 5 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $17,204 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $12,510 | $6,703 | $20,850 | 10 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $19,238 | $19,238 | not mentioned | not published | $6,064 | $29,917 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $19,238 | $19,238 | not mentioned | not published | $5,949 | $29,917 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $19,238 | $19,238 | not mentioned | not published | $6,273 | $29,917 | 9 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 7 of the 28 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 21 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $607 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 2,253 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

4 of these 69 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jeff Davis Hospital, Warm Springs Medical Center, Jefferson Hospital, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

## Others in digestive health

- [Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/upper-endoscopy-egd-with-biopsy) -- 92 hospitals, typically $2,106
- [Upper endoscopy (EGD), diagnostic](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/upper-endoscopy-egd-diagnostic) -- 92 hospitals, typically $1,786
- [Colonoscopy with biopsy](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-biopsy) -- 90 hospitals, typically $2,246
- [Colonoscopy with polyp removal (snare)](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-polyp-removal-snare) -- 90 hospitals, typically $2,246
- [Colonoscopy, diagnostic](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-diagnostic) -- 68 hospitals, typically $1,746
- [Groin hernia repair, age 5 and over](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/groin-hernia-repair-age-5-and-over) -- 67 hospitals, typically $3,547
- [Colonoscopy with ultrasound](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-ultrasound) -- 63 hospitals, typically $3,011
- [Tonsil and adenoid removal, under age 12](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/tonsil-and-adenoid-removal-under-age-12) -- 53 hospitals, typically $5,997

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Every procedure with a published price in GA: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga
Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.