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Short-term acute care hospital · Lagrange, Georgia · 276 beds · CMS certification number 110016

Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS May 7, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$301.3M
$301,276,392 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$298.9M
$298,898,449 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
$2.4M
$2,377,943 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
0.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $76.2M in its first year on file (1997) to $301.3M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: $606K (2023), $4.1M (2024), $2.4M (2025).
  • All 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 5.9% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 19.2%.
  • WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled
$76.2M
$75.1M
1998
settled
$77.5M
$77.6M
1999
settled
$88.0M
$81.9M
2000
settled
$86.5M
$95.4M
2001
reopened
$91.2M
$96.1M
2002
reopened
$95.6M
$97.0M
2003
reopened
$98.9M
$101.8M
2004
reopened
$104.1M
$106.6M
2005
reopened
$103.2M
$108.2M
2006
reopened
$110.3M
$114.5M
2007
reopened
$125.4M
$127.8M
2008
reopened
$139.6M
$140.4M
2009
settled
$153.8M
$158.5M
2010
settled
$164.5M
$171.0M
2011
reopened
$147.5M
$159.2M
2012
reopened
$149.9M
$164.0M
2013
reopened
$151.6M
$162.6M
2014
settled
$160.3M
$167.5M
2015
settled
$165.6M
$164.4M
2016
settled
$131.7M
$127.9M
2017
settled
$184.1M
$178.4M
2018
settled
$186.2M
$170.4M
2019
reopened
$213.3M
$188.0M
2020
settled
$196.7M
$197.3M
2021
settled
$228.2M
$215.4M
2022
settled
$257.5M
$243.8M
2023
settled
$263.8M
$263.2M
2024
amended
$294.3M
$290.2M
2025
as submitted
$301.3M
$298.9M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Georgia with 200 to 399 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center276$301,276,392$298,898,4490.8%
Doctors Hospital Augusta, Augusta292$549,967,695$360,313,71334.5%
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, Rome273$651,035,683$535,789,34617.7%
Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville299$620,167,437$497,094,23419.9%
Piedmont Henry Hospital, Stockbridge294$563,073,940$457,930,76518.7%
SGMC Health, Valdosta268$508,601,551$506,272,7480.5%

Patients and payers

Discharges
8,989
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
36,703
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
100.8
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
36.4%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
19.2%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
5.9%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: WEST GA MEDICAL (100%), health admin.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital (GA), Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Medical College of Georgia (GA), Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (GA), Wellstar Paulding Hospital (GA), Wellstar Cobb Hospital (GA), Wellstar Douglas Hospital (GA), Wellstar North Fulton Hospital (GA), Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital (GA), Roosevelt Warm Springs LTAC Hospital (GA), Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital (GA), Wellstar Roosevelt Rehabilitation Care at Warm Springs (GA).

Type of control on its cost report: governmental, other.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 110016. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read May 7, 2026.