West Central Georgia Regional Hospital
Latest evaluation
Hospital and file facts
Transparency checks
Attestation and responsible officialPassed
MRF correctly encodes the accuracy and completeness attestationPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
MRF correctly encodes the attester's namePassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
Hospital and MRF informationPassed
MRF declares this hospital's Type 2 NPIPassed
The MRF declares this hospital's Type 2 NPI 1912131319.
MRF correctly encodes its template version and update datePassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
Standard chargesPassed
MRF lists a gross charge for every item and serviceNot assessed
Why: The price file alone cannot answer this; it needs evidence from outside the file.
Gross charge values are populated on 824 rows and blank on 0 rows. The MRF alone cannot prove that every applicable hospital item or service is represented.
MRF lists a discounted cash price for every item and service that has oneNot assessed
Why: The price file alone cannot answer this; it needs evidence from outside the file.
Discounted cash price values are populated on 0 rows and blank on 824 rows. The MRF alone cannot prove that every applicable hospital item or service is represented.
MRF correctly encodes the de-identified minimum negotiated chargeNot applicable
No dollar-denominated payer rates were found across 824 parsed records.
MRF correctly encodes the de-identified maximum negotiated chargeNot applicable
No dollar-denominated payer rates were found across 824 parsed records.
Payer-specific negotiated chargePassed
MRF correctly encodes payer and plan namesPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
MRF correctly encodes how each charge was establishedPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
Rate expression and methodologyPassed
MRF expresses each negotiated rate as a dollar amount, percentage, or algorithmPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
Percentage and algorithm rates give enough information to derive a dollar amountNot applicable
The upstream applicability condition was conclusively absent.
Allowed-amount statisticsNot applicable
MRF correctly encodes the 10th percentile allowed amountNot applicable
The upstream applicability condition was conclusively absent.
MRF correctly encodes the median allowed amountNot applicable
The upstream applicability condition was conclusively absent.
MRF correctly encodes the 90th percentile allowed amountNot applicable
The upstream applicability condition was conclusively absent.
MRF correctly encodes the count of allowed amountsNot applicable
The upstream applicability condition was conclusively absent.
Item and service informationPassed
MRF correctly encodes each item or service descriptionPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
MRF correctly encodes the inpatient or outpatient settingPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
MRF correctly encodes drug units and measurement typePassed
No drug-unit deficiency was reported across 809 NDC-coded records.
Billing and coding informationPassed
MRF correctly encodes billing codes and code typesPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
MRF lists every applicable modifier and its chargesNot assessed
Why: The price file alone cannot answer this; it needs evidence from outside the file.
The MRF was parsed for encoded modifiers, but the file alone cannot establish whether every applicable modifier-specific charge is represented.
CMS file formatPassed
MRF passes the CMS validator without errorsPassed
The completed structural evaluation reported no deficiency for this nonconditional check.
Publication and accessibility1 failed
MRF downloads without paymentPassed
CareCarta retrieved the file without payment.
MRF downloads without an account or passwordPassed
CareCarta retrieved the file without an account or password.
MRF downloads without submitting personal informationPassed
CareCarta retrieved the file without submitting personally identifiable information.
MRF downloads to an automated clientPassed
An automated HTTP client downloaded the declared MRF successfully.
MRF is a CSV or JSON file, optionally compressedPassed
The downloaded artifact provides CSV that can be processed as structured text.
MRF file name follows the CMS conventionFailed
The published file name 943473160_west-central-georgia-regional-hospital_standardcharges_0.csv does not match the required standardcharges file name structure.
cms-hpt.txt is published and uses the required fieldsCouldn't determine
Why: CareCarta does not have an address for this hospital's source.
No cms-hpt.txt URL was supplied to this audit run.
cms-hpt.txt links this hospital's MRFCouldn't determine
Why: CareCarta does not have an address for this hospital's source.
No cms-hpt.txt URL was supplied to this audit run.
Homepage has a link labelled Price TransparencyPassed
A labeled Price Transparency link (https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/be-caring/state-hospital-price-transparency) was observed in the acquired hospital homepage HTML.
Update frequencyPassed
MRF was updated within the past 12 monthsPassed
The MRF reports 6/1/2026, within one year of this audit observation.
Shoppable services disclosureNot assessed
Website offers a qualifying shoppable-services list or price estimatorNot assessed
Why: CareCarta has not built this check yet.
CareCarta has not built an evaluator for the shoppable-services disclosure (45 CFR 180.60) yet, so this check cannot be decided.