CostGrade

All published prices at Wellstar Paulding Medical Center

73 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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

294 $29,744 $2,439 +53%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

212 $116,754 $16,059 +79%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

165 $77,669 $9,082 +79%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

163 $23,513 $2,101 +100%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

100 $29,582 $3,029 +17%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

86 $87,637 $10,213 +88%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

71 $87,219 $12,267 +59%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $32,917 $4,748 +20%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $18,310 $1,505 +82%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $40,455 $5,355 +15%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

58 $45,359 $6,326 +41%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

56 $26,541 $3,039 +29%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

49 $51,344 $7,006 +56%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

48 $74,020 $7,994 +89%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $22,772 $1,890 +76%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

46 $57,503 $6,758 +39%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

44 $80,321 $10,914 +66%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

42 $100,291 $10,748 +63%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

42 $39,987 $7,358 +34%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

41 $84,065 $7,776 +101%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

36 $86,493 $11,548 +63%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

36 $65,706 $8,204 +61%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major

MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay

34 $63,795 $8,168 +17%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

33 $77,184 $11,978 +36%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

32 $68,491 $11,662 +84%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)

MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay

31 $44,860 $5,909 +47%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

31 $79,089 $10,201 +17%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

30 $99,015 $13,372 +105%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

30 $43,124 $6,745 +41%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $32,315 $2,775 +69%
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)

MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay

27 $112,171 $14,409 +10%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

27 $29,231 $2,559 +65%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

26 $29,084 $3,537 +22%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

24 $49,270 $6,420 +55%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

24 $26,542 $3,004 +30%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

23 $78,570 $8,404 +66%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

23 $53,502 $6,046 +46%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

22 $46,104 $6,598 +51%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

21 $98,425 $15,077 +12%
Chest Pain

MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay

21 $42,073 $5,040 +25%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

21 $110,997 $16,253 +56%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

21 $94,429 $13,920 about average
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit

21 $51,157 $4,616 +70%
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale

MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay

19 $76,985 $11,880 +41%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

19 $70,435 $6,639 +77%
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit

19 $75,122 $7,013 +84%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $48,241 $9,902 -6%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

17 $54,081 $8,325 +19%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

17 $43,836 $9,671 +27%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

17 $221,624 $36,160 +25%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $18,510 $1,575 +62%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

16 $64,193 $8,761 +25%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay

16 $67,336 $6,723 +71%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

16 $54,045 $5,751 +37%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

14 $91,220 $13,023 +20%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

14 $68,145 $6,350 +56%
Hypertension without Major Complications

MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay

14 $42,533 $6,604 +27%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $16,117 $1,487 +88%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $43,228 $5,304 +25%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $173,785 $30,440 +17%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $26,427 $1,766 +125%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $32,797 $4,851 +35%
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

13 $51,470 $8,975 -9%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

13 $37,937 $9,780 about average
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $82,330 $9,547 +38%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay

12 $94,053 $16,200 -6%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay

12 $69,403 $6,566 +79%
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications

MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay

12 $58,145 $6,801 +29%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

11 $35,555 $6,483 +41%
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)

MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay

11 $146,124 $26,183 about average
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

11 $110,573 $14,403 +33%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay

11 $59,546 $10,210 +50%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $32,198 $2,763 +38%

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.