8/100
#2,455 nationally
Wellington Regional Medical Center
10101 Forest Hill Blvd, Wellington, FL 33414 · (561) 798-8500
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellington Regional Medical Center billed $11.90 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
- 11.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 73
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in FL
- #112
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
305 | $36,325 | $2,452 | +87% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
197 | $174,468 | $14,223 | +167% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $128,426 | $10,228 | +176% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
86 | $108,891 | $9,717 | +151% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $17,966 | $1,438 | +78% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $70,827 | $5,227 | +102% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $52,620 | $2,923 | +108% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $44,187 | $3,158 | +114% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $50,947 | $4,618 | +86% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $142,207 | $12,328 | +158% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$202,550 | $9,164 | +318% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$137,915 | $8,411 | +191% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,159 | $3,392 | +183% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$128,426 | $10,228 | +176% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,328 | $1,732 | +173% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$174,468 | $14,223 | +167% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$119,462 | $8,348 | +162% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,117 | $2,574 | +161% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,439 | $4,179 | +31% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$121,672 | $18,231 | +41% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,254 | $8,052 | +44% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$100,103 | $13,034 | +56% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$293,712 | $34,267 | +60% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$82,414 | $8,838 | +60% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,726 | $5,177 | +64% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$57,065 | $6,449 | +69% |
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.