25/100
#2,047 nationally
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
1514 Vernon Road, Lagrange, GA 30240 · (706) 882-1411
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center billed $6.19 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
- 6.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 53
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #59
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% 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 |
255 | $101,295 | $16,961 | +55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $72,627 | $10,959 | +67% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $30,995 | $2,800 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $25,670 | $1,700 | +118% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $30,688 | $2,430 | +58% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $37,337 | $4,718 | +36% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $22,761 | $1,829 | +76% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $39,590 | $5,176 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $57,328 | $9,528 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $18,192 | $1,458 | +80% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,670 | $1,700 | +118% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,402 | $6,523 | +109% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,294 | $623 | +101% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$49,516 | $6,076 | +97% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,192 | $1,458 | +80% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,761 | $1,829 | +76% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$95,210 | $11,863 | +69% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$119,809 | $14,274 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$97,955 | $19,205 | about average |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$50,527 | $13,660 | about average |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$55,834 | $9,361 | about average |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$31,826 | $7,989 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,393 | $9,729 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,590 | $5,176 | +13% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$201,087 | $54,066 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$174,793 | $29,906 | +18% |
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.