Rabies immune globulin cost in GA
What a rabies immune globulin costs at GA hospitals — and the fair price to aim for.
Typical commercial prices here are +23% above the fair benchmark (1.23×) even after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Uniform Value Leader
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus maintains disciplined commercial pricing across both elective shoppable care (0.8× Medicare) and captive emergency/ancillary departments (1.1× Medicare). Patients and health plans benefit from predictable, below-benchmark rates (0.84× Fair BaseRate) without hidden ancillary cross-subsidization.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 16% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.84×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 0% of shoppable procedures (50/100 Cash Honesty)
- 4-Star CMS clinical rating with 64% patient recommendation (71/100 safety score)
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (69.3% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Even at low-cost facilities (1.23× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Captive ER (1.0×) & laboratory (1.8×) services average 1.38× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (0.8×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 0.99×) jump +25% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 0.79×)
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 10,000) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
In general, GA hospitals charge about the fair price for this. how we calculate the BaseRate →
Compared with the rest of the country, GA’s fair BaseRate ($387) is above the national fair price of $336.
Cheapest GA hospitals for a rabies immune globulin
- Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus · Saint Marys $226
- Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus · Brunswick $240
- Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc · Douglas $275
- East Georgia Regional Medical Center · Statesboro $280
- Stephens County Hospital · Toccoa $280
- Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center · Rome $283
- Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hopsital · Macon $285
- Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center · Macon $285
- Navicent Health Baldwin · Milledgeville $285
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc · Gainesville $288
- Ngmc Barrow, LLC · Winder $288
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin · Dahlonega $288
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham · Demorest $288
- Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta $294
- Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton · Carrollton $294
Audit a Bill or Quote at GA Hospital Benchmark (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $346
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $346).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask GA Hospital Benchmark's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $387 Fair BaseRate ($224 Medicare)
Your bill ($953) is $566 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($387) and 4.3× the $224 Medicare rate.