16/100
#2,275 nationally
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
960 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, Cartersville, GA 30120 · (470) 490-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center billed $7.97 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
- 8.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 59
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #73
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
197 | $97,996 | $15,292 | +50% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $33,404 | $2,414 | +72% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $32,098 | $2,136 | +173% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $28,625 | $2,950 | +13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $60,114 | $11,736 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $19,914 | $1,409 | +98% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $70,370 | $11,186 | +51% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $83,274 | $6,550 | +109% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $54,010 | $4,974 | +54% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $87,152 | $14,138 | +58% |
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 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,235 | $9,547 | +177% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,098 | $2,136 | +173% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,321 | $1,316 | +137% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$189,718 | $16,699 | +129% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,229 | $3,235 | +124% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,054 | $4,562 | +122% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$138,776 | $11,414 | +122% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$128,398 | $13,364 | +109% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$44,058 | $14,497 | -22% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$63,774 | $15,947 | -10% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$31,871 | $9,230 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,076 | $1,766 | +11% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$46,730 | $9,324 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,625 | $2,950 | +13% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$38,621 | $7,287 | +17% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$173,439 | $23,402 | +21% |
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.