Mark Vickers

Review of WellStar Health System

I went into the ER for a fractured jaw because I d...

I went into the ER for a fractured jaw because I didn't have insurance. $1000 dollars for me to wait for 4 hours, have a physician look at me and say I'd probably need a CAT scan. I refused and left. No overnight, no ambulance ride, just $1000 for them to check my vitals and render NO TREATMENT. They said I should be grateful because they gave me a 75% discount. Let that sink in. When I went in I asked how much I should expect to pay for just the visit, not for treatment and they said $250-400. I asked one of their representatives if there are any scenarios where I could walk into the ER and pay less than what I was being charged and they said no, so they lied to me in order to get me to consent to have my vitals taken and see a physician.

The facility is disgusting, there are 3rd world countries with better health care systems. Later I went back for an x-ray ($300) and they found no fracture. After I got a job with insurance I got a second xray and lo and behold, a very obvious fracture! This place is a scam.