Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

1514 Vernon Road, Lagrange, GA 30240 · (706) 882-1411

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

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$40.2Mnet income, all sources

0.8%margin on patient care alone

$22.8Mcost of charity care (8.3% of costs)

$24.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

276beds

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	255	$101,295	$16,961
Heart failure, with major complications 291	109	$72,627	$10,959
Sepsis 872	44	$57,328	$9,528
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	42	$76,159	$13,059
Heart attack, with major complications 280	33	$87,533	$16,611
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	33	$48,314	$10,135
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	33	$201,087	$54,066
Lung infection, with major complications 177	28	$74,578	$13,627
Kidney failure, with complications 683	28	$47,665	$9,400
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	27	$72,933	$12,270
Stroke, with major complications 064	26	$90,047	$18,543
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	24	$59,436	$11,590
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	24	$43,948	$8,343
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	24	$88,048	$12,994
Respiratory failure 189	22	$59,704	$10,600
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	22	$64,676	$10,969
Urinary tract infection 690	22	$36,710	$8,250
Heart catheterization 287	20	$55,834	$9,361
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	19	$75,477	$12,309
Fainting 312	19	$51,221	$8,139
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	19	$53,432	$8,461
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	18	$47,303	$8,370
Mini-stroke (TIA) 069	14	$50,468	$7,715
COPD, with major complications 190	14	$50,501	$9,743
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	14	$119,809	$14,274
Delirium and other mental confusion 884	14	$50,527	$13,660
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	12	$60,216	$10,813
Diabetes, with major complications 637	12	$95,210	$11,863
Heart attack, with complications 281	11	$71,202	$8,430
Irregular heartbeat 310	11	$49,516	$6,076
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	11	$44,280	$9,974
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	11	$31,826	$7,989
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Mcc 659	11	$97,955	$19,205

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