27/100
#1,963 nationally
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
1412 Milstead Avenue, Ne, Conyers, GA 30012 · (770) 918-3000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Rockdale Hospital billed $5.66 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
- 5.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 56
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #51
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% 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 |
296 | $83,713 | $16,792 | +28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $52,767 | $11,460 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $31,101 | $2,163 | +165% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $23,314 | $2,540 | +20% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $43,123 | $9,264 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $17,386 | $1,743 | +48% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $27,890 | $2,920 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $15,740 | $1,505 | +56% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $72,076 | $14,258 | +17% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $40,566 | $4,802 | +48% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,101 | $2,163 | +165% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,059 | $3,211 | +107% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,495 | $6,639 | +102% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,033 | $12,197 | +89% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,198 | $4,874 | +89% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,760 | $1,807 | +68% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,200 | $5,304 | +68% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,024 | $3,235 | +65% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$24,722 | $9,594 | -29% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$44,010 | $12,029 | -22% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$30,461 | $8,478 | -18% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$63,335 | $15,058 | -17% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$46,494 | $11,509 | -12% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$33,551 | $9,053 | -11% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$39,366 | $8,438 | -10% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$30,517 | $7,794 | -9% |
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.