20/100
#2,178 nationally
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center
601 South 8Th Street, Griffin, GA 30223 · (770) 228-2721
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar Spalding Medical Center billed $6.83 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
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #70
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
254 | $111,968 | $16,638 | +72% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $87,548 | $12,070 | +102% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $28,327 | $2,509 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $16,907 | $1,450 | +68% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $110,101 | $13,427 | +79% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $81,097 | $11,186 | +74% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $29,694 | $2,969 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $60,128 | $4,969 | +66% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $91,657 | $12,046 | +89% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $51,291 | $8,749 | +31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$111,663 | $10,983 | +136% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$87,548 | $12,070 | +102% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$60,582 | $7,671 | +98% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$91,657 | $12,046 | +89% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$110,101 | $13,427 | +79% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$101,055 | $14,500 | +78% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,588 | $2,958 | +76% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$81,097 | $11,186 | +74% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,300 | $5,121 | +5% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$107,570 | $15,409 | +6% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$91,960 | $17,111 | +7% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$90,584 | $20,821 | +9% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$305,769 | $47,384 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,694 | $2,969 | +18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,115 | $11,576 | +22% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$51,428 | $8,079 | +25% |
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.