20/100
#2,176 nationally
Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center
3000 Hospital Boulevard, Roswell, GA 30076 · (770) 751-2500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center billed $7.16 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
- 7.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #68
- 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 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
175 | $138,633 | $17,207 | +112% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $29,251 | $2,526 | +51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
81 | $83,911 | $10,624 | +93% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $104,026 | $13,495 | +89% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $103,719 | $16,650 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $18,889 | $1,505 | +87% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $60,878 | $10,036 | +49% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $91,254 | $12,129 | +96% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $127,153 | $16,310 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $25,218 | $1,766 | +115% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$105,864 | $13,401 | +173% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,604 | $3,210 | +148% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,118 | $5,100 | +133% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$84,240 | $8,178 | +127% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,218 | $1,766 | +115% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$138,633 | $17,207 | +112% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$365,266 | $74,569 | +103% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,635 | $2,457 | +103% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$107,395 | $21,655 | -5% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$34,136 | $8,146 | about average |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$44,024 | $8,067 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,841 | $21,984 | +4% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$90,604 | $16,286 | +6% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$109,160 | $15,586 | +7% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$63,909 | $10,479 | +13% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$35,447 | $7,974 | +13% |
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.