CostGrade

All published prices at Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center

80 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

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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%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

51 $45,307 $7,468 +52%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

44 $41,487 $4,802 +51%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

40 $75,378 $12,229 +66%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

40 $49,168 $8,995 +49%
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

40 $99,951 $9,547 +67%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

38 $101,215 $14,005 +65%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

38 $72,070 $9,320 +75%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

38 $65,401 $6,361 +64%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

38 $24,156 $1,851 +87%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

37 $80,893 $11,026 +67%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

34 $42,148 $7,175 +38%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

34 $77,289 $12,197 +24%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

34 $35,027 $2,958 +83%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

34 $20,967 $1,792 +85%
Back Problems (without major complications)

MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay

33 $52,246 $8,399 +34%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)

MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay

30 $58,406 $7,020 +91%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

29 $300,426 $42,553 +69%
Level 5 ENT Procedures

APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $46,414 $5,285 +35%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

26 $63,046 $7,819 +72%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

26 $31,467 $2,945 +25%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

25 $78,801 $10,365 +63%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

25 $137,841 $21,984 +4%
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay

24 $243,439 $58,670 +26%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

24 $50,762 $7,303 +57%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

24 $80,069 $13,099 +41%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

24 $63,785 $5,355 +82%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

23 $35,447 $7,974 +13%
Cochlear Implant Procedure

APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit

23 $151,165 $29,974 +24%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

22 $133,981 $14,304 +88%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

22 $174,570 $23,972 +49%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

22 $104,808 $15,379 +98%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay

21 $304,752 $54,367 +33%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

21 $33,106 $3,235 +60%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications

MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay

20 $90,604 $16,286 +6%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

20 $75,470 $8,956 +92%
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)

MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay

19 $109,160 $15,586 +7%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

19 $59,803 $6,052 +51%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

18 $44,024 $8,067 about average
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $58,648 $6,352 +52%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

17 $50,705 $7,528 +60%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay

17 $105,864 $13,401 +173%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $27,901 $2,637 +58%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay

16 $136,612 $22,063 +36%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

16 $84,118 $5,100 +133%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

15 $50,635 $7,546 +38%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

14 $40,755 $7,393 +24%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

14 $72,501 $10,694 +92%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications

MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay

14 $183,076 $23,544 +89%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay

14 $58,318 $9,085 +47%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $12,427 $1,486 +45%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $15,413 $1,492 +37%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $33,635 $2,457 +103%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay

13 $63,909 $10,479 +13%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

13 $48,638 $7,881 +59%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $34,879 $3,401 +46%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $113,632 $17,257 +37%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $32,206 $3,475 +42%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $77,175 $10,201 +14%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $57,604 $3,210 +148%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

12 $151,708 $18,915 +72%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

12 $34,136 $8,146 about average
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

12 $128,840 $14,995 +101%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications

MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay

12 $107,395 $21,655 -5%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay

12 $82,169 $11,355 +37%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications

MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay

12 $118,294 $18,417 +16%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

12 $110,143 $16,240 +15%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay

11 $365,266 $74,569 +103%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

11 $84,240 $8,178 +127%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications

MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay

11 $78,964 $10,804 +62%
Complex GI Procedures

APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $48,668 $5,289 +62%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.