20/100
#2,175 nationally
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center
8954 Hospital Drive, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (770) 949-1500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar Douglas Medical Center billed $6.94 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
- 6.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 49
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #67
- 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 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
180 | $130,195 | $18,886 | +100% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $31,179 | $2,451 | +60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $78,836 | $12,541 | +82% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $118,496 | $16,372 | +93% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $76,161 | $12,197 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $36,274 | $4,928 | +3% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $37,679 | $4,699 | +37% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $32,001 | $3,029 | +27% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $109,790 | $16,246 | +100% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $35,730 | $3,235 | +73% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$159,279 | $18,787 | +180% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,002 | $2,163 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,600 | $1,702 | +109% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$98,782 | $13,573 | +104% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$109,790 | $16,246 | +100% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$130,195 | $18,886 | +100% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$90,676 | $13,057 | +95% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$102,411 | $18,341 | +93% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,274 | $4,928 | +3% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,068 | $3,475 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,520 | $3,004 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,810 | $10,201 | +11% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$308,028 | $43,109 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,161 | $12,197 | +22% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$37,685 | $8,585 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,141 | $3,211 | +25% |
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.