US Health Care Costs

Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital

2251 North Shore Dr, Rhinelander, WI 54501 · (715) 361-2000

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$9.0Mnet income, all sources
−32.3%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
$3.7Munpaid 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
Psychoses 88548$22,577$12,230
Sepsis, with major complications 87140$54,674$17,446
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$38,191$12,619
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48129$49,140$18,220
Respiratory failure 18920$38,163$10,782
Heart attack, with major complications 28019$47,816$15,605
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$44,295$14,322
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$33,446$14,471
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$22,290$6,831
Coagulation Disorders 81311$37,235$13,479
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".