Wellstar Douglas Medical Center

8954 Hospital Drive, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (770) 949-1500

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$11.0Mnet income, all sources

−3.1%margin on patient care alone

$23.5Mcost of charity care (10.3% of costs)

$29.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

112beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	180	$130,195	$18,886
Heart failure, with major complications 291	70	$78,836	$12,541
Heart attack, with major complications 280	58	$118,496	$16,372
Lung infection, with major complications 177	34	$109,790	$16,246
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	30	$308,028	$43,109
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	28	$65,067	$10,454
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	27	$86,046	$12,382
Sepsis 872	25	$60,780	$15,724
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	24	$102,411	$18,341
Urinary tract infection 690	24	$49,713	$9,657
Stroke, with major complications 064	22	$96,251	$20,297
Respiratory failure 189	21	$98,782	$13,573
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	20	$131,504	$15,671
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	20	$159,279	$18,787
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	19	$62,281	$11,379
Diabetes, with major complications 637	19	$93,996	$13,371
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	18	$90,676	$13,057
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	16	$73,139	$13,617
Kidney failure, with complications 683	16	$44,597	$11,472
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	16	$266,355	$40,520
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	15	$67,905	$12,109
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 393	13	$117,418	$18,452
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	13	$37,685	$8,585
Heart attack, with complications 281	12	$66,092	$9,150
Heart catheterization 287	12	$76,456	$10,474
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	12	$83,268	$10,567
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	12	$43,410	$8,136
Anemia and blood disorders 812	12	$61,680	$9,344
Fainting 312	11	$59,221	$9,121
Diabetes, with complications 638	11	$54,198	$8,657

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