19/100
#2,202 nationally
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
3950 Austell Rd, Austell, GA 30106 · (770) 732-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar Cobb Medical Center billed $6.81 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
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 94
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #72
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% 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 |
200 | $138,844 | $19,580 | +113% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $32,828 | $2,513 | +69% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $14,631 | $1,607 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $4,306 | $386 | +37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $100,797 | $14,938 | +132% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $19,069 | $1,445 | +89% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $52,143 | $5,102 | +49% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $99,544 | $11,579 | +59% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $131,353 | $17,122 | +114% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $99,660 | $15,099 | +105% |
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 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,642 | $3,211 | +182% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$100,087 | $14,587 | +169% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$119,594 | $13,655 | +157% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$100,797 | $14,938 | +132% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$331,837 | $53,220 | +128% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$106,740 | $12,403 | +125% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$82,648 | $9,679 | +122% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$118,942 | $16,573 | +116% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-extensive Burns
MS-DRG 935 · Inpatient stay |
$73,613 | $18,735 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,631 | $1,607 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$126,748 | $21,984 | -4% |
|
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 928 · Inpatient stay |
$265,901 | $57,483 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,351 | $9,902 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$170,955 | $30,440 | +15% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$50,694 | $9,645 | +16% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$39,821 | $7,871 | +18% |
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.