Georgia / Archbold Memorial
CMS certification 110038 · Thomasville, GA · 8 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
Archbold Memorial: charges and Medicare payments
Archbold Memorial reported 918 Medicare inpatient stays across 38 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 3.15 times what it was paid — among the lower ratios in Georgia, number 64 of 74 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 4.44×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 137 stays at an average charge of $51,120, 43% below the national average. It also billed 1,824 outpatient services, charging 6.2 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 918
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 3.15×
- 3Rank in GA (highest ratio = 1) 64 of 74
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 8
Inpatient stays
For the 38 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Archbold Memorial charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 137 | $51,120 | -43% | $16,198 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 76 | $39,441 | -30% | $11,057 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 42 | $43,683 | -38% | $13,529 |
| 286 Circulatory Disorders except AMI, with Cardiac... | 41 | $46,846 | -58% | $17,366 |
| 885 Psychoses | 41 | $13,580 | -69% | $11,556 |
| 193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC | 32 | $32,321 | -46% | $10,636 |
| 640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 29 | $30,905 | -49% | $11,252 |
| 309 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with CC | 26 | $19,591 | -46% | $7,334 |
| 689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC | 25 | $36,393 | -29% | $9,655 |
| 190 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with MCC | 24 | $34,284 | -32% | $9,938 |
| 321 Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Intraluminal... | 24 | $94,510 | -42% | $22,020 |
| 481 Hip and Femur Procedures except Major Joint with CC | 24 | $49,998 | -50% | $16,375 |
| 641 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 24 | $22,806 | -38% | $7,935 |
| 378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC | 22 | $25,203 | -48% | $8,959 |
| 683 Renal Failure with CC | 22 | $23,807 | -42% | $8,378 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 21 | $28,854 | -41% | $9,224 |
| 280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC | 20 | $44,866 | -41% | $11,760 |
| 377 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with MCC | 18 | $43,092 | -50% | $13,771 |
| 392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive... | 17 | $18,652 | -54% | $7,159 |
| 065 Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with CC or... | 16 | $30,223 | -46% | $10,081 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 16 | $32,822 | -50% | $11,845 |
| 698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC | 16 | $33,101 | -55% | $12,966 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 15 | $30,909 | -46% | $10,065 |
| 308 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC | 15 | $33,757 | -40% | $10,619 |
| 322 Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Intraluminal... | 15 | $80,463 | -30% | $14,654 |
| 287 Circulatory Disorders except AMI, with Cardiac... | 14 | $40,310 | -37% | $11,818 |
| 522 Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture... | 14 | $55,721 | -46% | $16,549 |
| 164 Major Chest Procedures with CC | 13 | $85,764 | -33% | $19,678 |
| 690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC | 13 | $20,608 | -46% | $7,818 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 13 | $109,656 | -52% | $35,732 |
| 194 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with CC | 12 | $27,290 | -29% | $8,478 |
| 243 Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with CC | 12 | $59,256 | -47% | $19,573 |
| 389 Gastrointestinal Obstruction with CC | 12 | $21,026 | -46% | $7,820 |
| 699 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with CC | 12 | $28,510 | -40% | $8,262 |
| 981 Extensive O.R. Procedures Unrelated To Principal Diagnosis... | 12 | $108,493 | -50% | $32,129 |
| 175 Pulmonary Embolism with MCC or Acute Cor Pulmonale | 11 | $52,265 | -20% | $12,066 |
| 480 Hip and Femur Procedures except Major Joint with MCC | 11 | $65,259 | -53% | $22,577 |
| 673 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with MCC | 11 | $52,762 | -70% | $25,908 |
Outpatient services
Against the Georgia average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Archbold Memorial charged $51,120 on average, 40% less than the Georgia average of $85,396, and was paid $16,198 against a state average of $17,147. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Archbold Memorial charged $39,441 on average, 25% less than the Georgia average of $52,781, and was paid $11,057 against a state average of $12,005. For Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC (DRG 177), Archbold Memorial charged $43,683 on average, 34% less than the Georgia average of $66,006, and was paid $13,529 against a state average of $14,774. For Circulatory Disorders except AMI, with Cardiac Catheterization with MCC (DRG 286), Archbold Memorial charged $46,846 on average, 53% less than the Georgia average of $99,931, and was paid $17,366 against a state average of $20,353. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $18,591 was 11% below the state average of $20,900. For Level 1 Endovascular Procedures (outpatient APC 5191), its average charge of $19,676 was 27% below the state average of $26,927. For Level 3 Endovascular Procedures (outpatient APC 5193), its average charge of $53,636 was 31% below the state average of $77,753. For Level 5 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5375), its average charge of $18,151 was 49% below the state average of $35,322.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Archbold Memorial in Thomasville, GA, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Warning Notice — 2022-12-22 (CMS case 265)
- CAP Request — 2023-04-14 (CMS case 265)
- Closure Notice — 2023-05-11 (CMS case 265)
- Warning Notice — 2024-11-05 (CMS case 2898)
- Closure Notice — 2024-12-13 (CMS case 2898)
- Met Requirements — 2025-07-02 (CMS case 5504)
- Warning Notice — 2026-04-14 (CMS case 7457)
- Closure Notice — 2026-07-16 (CMS case 7457)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.