25/100
#2,046 nationally
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
677 Church Street, Marietta, GA 30060 · (770) 793-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center billed $6.12 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
- 6.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 242
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #58
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,307 | $3,611 | $629 | +15% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
512 | $132,946 | $21,008 | +104% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
484 | $16,653 | $1,861 | +29% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
478 | $28,251 | $2,472 | +45% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
424 | $87,141 | $14,055 | +101% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
356 | $28,009 | $3,004 | +11% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $38,325 | $4,765 | +40% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $46,613 | $5,259 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
256 | $19,823 | $1,466 | +97% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $26,341 | $1,720 | +124% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumothorax with Complications
MS-DRG 200 · Inpatient stay |
$111,897 | $12,354 | +134% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$330,010 | $45,576 | +127% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,341 | $1,720 | +124% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$142,600 | $19,297 | +122% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 515 · Inpatient stay |
$250,330 | $29,949 | +112% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 957 · Inpatient stay |
$769,040 | $100,367 | +110% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$80,654 | $13,414 | +110% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$132,946 | $21,008 | +104% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$148,501 | $33,730 | -20% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$63,474 | $18,066 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,753 | $17,513 | -7% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$42,141 | $11,434 | -5% |
|
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay |
$78,914 | $16,023 | -4% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay |
$117,743 | $22,723 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,778 | $21,507 | +4% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$57,453 | $15,778 | +4% |
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.