Wellstar Spalding Medical Center

601 South 8th Street, Griffin, GA 30223 · (770) 228-2721

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

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$4.8Mnet income, all sources

−4.1%margin on patient care alone

$17.2Mcost of charity care (9.6% of costs)

$19.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

170beds

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	254	$111,968	$16,638
Heart failure, with major complications 291	102	$87,548	$12,070
Heart attack, with major complications 280	43	$110,101	$13,427
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	36	$81,097	$11,186
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	25	$91,657	$12,046
Sepsis 872	25	$51,291	$8,749
Lung infection, with major complications 177	24	$76,601	$12,868
Respiratory failure 189	24	$75,973	$11,245
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	22	$90,484	$12,614
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	22	$56,565	$10,805
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	21	$51,358	$7,605
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	21	$48,592	$7,921
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	20	$64,275	$11,296
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	20	$60,582	$7,671
Kidney failure, with complications 683	20	$53,153	$8,830
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	19	$111,663	$10,983
Heart attack, with complications 281	18	$56,097	$8,780
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$298,659	$43,813
Mini-stroke (TIA) 069	17	$51,428	$8,079
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	16	$62,161	$9,774
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	16	$97,226	$17,532
Heart stent 322	14	$107,570	$15,409
Diabetes, with major complications 637	14	$82,900	$12,937
Stroke, with major complications 064	13	$96,662	$34,062
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	13	$43,992	$7,579
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	13	$91,960	$17,111
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	12	$90,584	$20,821
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	12	$305,769	$47,384
COPD, with major complications 190	11	$71,786	$10,093
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	11	$101,055	$14,500
Anemia and blood disorders 812	11	$60,000	$8,854

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