CostGrade
B

62/100

#901 nationally

Wayne Memorial Hospital

865 South First Street, Jesup, GA 31545 · (912) 427-6811

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wayne Memorial Hospital billed $4.36 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
4.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
28
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in GA
#15
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.

Inpatient charge markup 27.5/35

Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 11.6/25

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 18.2/30

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.5/10

Better than 45% 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
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $22,017 $3,123 +7%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

151 $12,131 $2,478 -38%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $76,196 $11,520 +22%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

47 $2,506 $618 -20%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

42 $16,277 $2,110 +38%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

36 $20,730 $7,692 -30%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

36 $21,622 $4,684 -21%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

31 $12,762 $1,844 about average
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

24 $42,737 $17,339 -35%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

23 $10,944 $1,468 +9%

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

$16,277 $2,110 +38%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,479 $1,450 +34%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$76,196 $11,520 +22%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,978 $6,476 +20%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$42,229 $4,963 +20%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,094 $2,885 +16%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,944 $1,468 +9%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,017 $3,123 +7%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

$16,958 $8,339 -54%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$14,784 $7,516 -52%
Chest Pain

MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay

$18,381 $7,232 -46%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$22,777 $11,820 -44%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay

$19,708 $7,552 -39%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$28,558 $11,646 -39%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,131 $2,478 -38%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$20,866 $7,628 -35%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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