5/100
#2,502 nationally
Doctors Hospital
3651 Wheeler Road, Augusta, GA 30909 · (706) 651-6008
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Doctors Hospital billed $11.28 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 11.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 85
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #77
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
353 | $32,103 | $2,290 | +65% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
320 | $139,504 | $14,250 | +114% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
248 | $27,094 | $1,595 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $29,332 | $1,372 | +191% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $89,316 | $4,712 | +154% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $129,853 | $11,028 | +108% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $75,775 | $9,893 | +75% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $69,195 | $10,539 | +31% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $713,357 | $49,416 | +301% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $140,585 | $8,708 | +135% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,578 | $1,661 | +477% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,410 | $1,360 | +349% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$119,310 | $4,270 | +334% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,907 | $2,937 | +321% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$713,357 | $49,416 | +301% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,536 | $2,928 | +276% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,031 | $2,653 | +249% |
|
Minor Skin Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 607 · Inpatient stay |
$129,489 | $7,133 | +241% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$37,672 | $7,128 | +9% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$95,142 | $13,557 | +19% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$37,461 | $7,292 | +23% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$84,529 | $11,762 | +28% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$72,391 | $10,410 | +29% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$69,195 | $10,539 | +31% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$73,571 | $11,472 | +34% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$52,723 | $7,453 | +36% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.