32/100
#1,835 nationally
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital
2540 Windy Hill Road, Marietta, GA 30067
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital billed $7.00 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
- 7.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 12
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in GA
- #43
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
254 | $75,258 | $12,114 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $63,881 | $6,551 | +60% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $20,908 | $1,890 | +62% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $42,381 | $3,004 | +108% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $89,785 | $17,257 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $21,840 | $1,792 | +92% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $22,773 | $1,492 | +103% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $11,581 | $634 | +269% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $22,762 | $1,766 | +94% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $25,263 | $3,106 | +22% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,581 | $634 | +269% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,907 | $1,419 | +137% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,381 | $3,004 | +108% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,773 | $1,492 | +103% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,762 | $1,766 | +94% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,840 | $1,792 | +92% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,908 | $1,890 | +62% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,881 | $6,551 | +60% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,549 | $4,483 | +8% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$89,785 | $17,257 | +8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,258 | $12,114 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,263 | $3,106 | +22% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,881 | $6,551 | +60% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,908 | $1,890 | +62% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,840 | $1,792 | +92% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,762 | $1,766 | +94% |
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.