US Health Care Costs

Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital

2817 New Pinery Road, Portage, WI 53901 · (608) 742-4131

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

The money

$30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$9.0Mnet income, all sources
−15.5%margin on patient care alone
$1.0Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
42beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 87140$29,182$15,785
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$26,365$10,987
Respiratory failure 18916$22,868$11,012
Sepsis 87215$23,235$8,389
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$29,974$11,629
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".