Shepherd CenterAtlanta, GA
Shepherd Center is a non-profit long-term care hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Time ZoneEST
- CountyFulton
- FIPS13121
- Area Code404
Visiting Shepherd Center
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Shepherd Center. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Shepherd Center. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Long-term acute care quality
CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025
Shepherd Center reports long-term acute care quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 73% here, against 15% nationally. CMS rates it better than national on returned home or to the community and c. diff infections. It is worse than national on catheter urinary tract infections.
Results
Safety
Cost
Source: CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Shepherd Center lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (www.shepherd.org/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
What Medicare paid at Shepherd Center
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · original Medicare patients · 2024
Average hospital charges and actual payments for the procedures Medicare patients most often had here, compared with the average for Georgia.
Outpatient services
| Service | Services | Avg charge | Avg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 2 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5372 | 21 | $2,427 | $586 |
| Level 1 Nerve ProceduresAPC 5431 | 17 | $4,386 | $1,792 |
| Level 3 Urology and Related ServicesAPC 5373 | 14 | $8,622 | $1,804 |
| Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related ProceduresAPC 5462 | – | – | – |
Charges are the hospital's list prices; payments are what Medicare, the patient and any other insurer actually paid (for outpatient services, Medicare's allowed amount). Private insurance prices differ. "vs state" compares this hospital's average payment with the state average for the same stay. All procedure costs.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Mar 2025
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Georgia hospital finances.
Who owns Shepherd Center
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Shepherd Center, Inc., a non-profit organization, incorporated 1975.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
Non-profit finances
IRS Form 990 · tax year ending Mar 2023 · Shepherd Center Inc (EIN 51-0141601)
As filed with the IRS by Shepherd Center Inc. Matched by name and address, so check the filing to confirm it's the right organization. See the full Form 990 filings · Non-profit hospital finances.
The area around Shepherd Center
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Fulton are federally designated health professional shortage areas (4 designations). Highest shortage score 20.
Mental health: Parts of Fulton are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 12.
Dental: Parts of Fulton are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 22.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Georgia earn a median $93,550 a year. Healthcare salaries in Georgia.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Georgia shortage areas
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Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Atlanta, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
Care after a stay at Shepherd Center
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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