US Health Care Costs

Aurora Lakeland Medical Center

W3985 County Road Nn, Elkhorn, WI 53121 · (262) 741-2000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.4Mnet income, all sources
18.2%margin on patient care alone
$1.9Mcost of charity care (2.8% of costs)
$4.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
62beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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 871102$47,267$15,504
Heart failure, with major complications 29170$34,356$10,108
Sepsis 87233$30,202$8,164
Pneumonia, with major complications 19330$39,810$11,708
Respiratory failure 18929$36,127$9,778
Lung infection, with major complications 17728$41,222$13,550
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$32,867$7,779
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$66,360$16,363
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$25,966$6,026
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$40,230$11,714
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$34,308$7,183
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$28,272$12,870
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52212$77,707$16,690
Back problems (no surgery) 55212$34,251$7,525
Urinary tract infection 69012$24,745$6,341
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$86,477$37,819
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".