US Health Care Costs

Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus

1506 S Oneida St, Appleton, WI 54915 · (920) 738-2000

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

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$16.3Mnet income, all sources
1.7%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$16.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
244beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Heart failure, with major complications 29181$20,282$9,574
Sepsis, with major complications 87173$35,086$14,601
Psychoses 88557$13,054$10,586
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27435$100,012$23,490
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$26,236$9,963
Lung infection, with major complications 17728$35,985$12,962
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30928$11,663$6,459
Heart attack, with major complications 28023$28,650$12,040
Sepsis 87222$18,692$8,422
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64121$13,152$6,669
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06520$24,175$7,766
Irregular heartbeat 31020$9,133$4,788
Urinary tract infection 69019$19,598$6,559
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$16,230$7,057
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37817$25,317$7,901
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$26,499$11,845
Respiratory failure 18915$19,244$9,639
Heart stent 32214$95,225$15,402
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$17,622$8,838
Stroke, with major complications 06413$31,716$11,993
Pneumonia, with complications 19413$14,558$6,692
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR), with major complications 26613$150,669$44,451
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) 26713$129,559$35,062
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$35,179$12,530
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy 89513$11,123$11,968
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$36,200$11,166
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$14,168$6,453
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69912$17,603$9,342

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