41/100
#1,581 nationally
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col
1120 15Th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 · (706) 721-6569
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col billed $4.58 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 129
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #30
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
466 | $5,156 | $528 | +64% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
354 | $21,875 | $2,280 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
223 | $98,128 | $27,058 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $27,100 | $2,750 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $11,405 | $1,698 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $143,734 | $18,366 | +8% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $26,474 | $4,877 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $11,267 | $1,366 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $20,208 | $2,937 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $14,127 | $1,576 | +20% |
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 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,966 | $1,360 | +167% |
|
Kidney Transplant
MS-DRG 652 · Inpatient stay |
$591,364 | $34,320 | +100% |
|
Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 650 · Inpatient stay |
$668,492 | $53,062 | +84% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$100,551 | $26,617 | +79% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$309,522 | $76,639 | +72% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$54,589 | $15,284 | +72% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$85,851 | $23,686 | +67% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,612 | $5,792 | +65% |
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 |
$25,949 | $13,944 | -30% |
|
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face
MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay |
$409,738 | $111,519 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,564 | $8,603 | -24% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,474 | $4,877 | -23% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$67,214 | $21,362 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,792 | $1,978 | -18% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$40,827 | $16,586 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,464 | $3,034 | -16% |
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.