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Aurora Medical Center - Summit

36500 Aurora Drive, Summit, WI 53066 · (262) 434-1600

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Aurora Medical Center - Summit is a non-profit general hospital in Summit, Wisconsin (Waukesha County), with 109 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 5 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 80% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 725 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and respiratory failure. It lists $4.89 for every $1 its care costs, more than the typical Wisconsin hospital ($4.11).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (1,266 surveys)
$4.89listed for every $1 its care costs Wisconsin typical $4.11
2 h 22 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
725Medicare stays in 2024
109beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 1,266 surveys

80%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
80%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 22 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
83%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: medium.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
12.0%
Heart failure
11.1%
Pneumonia
12.8%
Stroke
10.8%
COPD
8.2%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
13.7%
Heart failure
20.7%
Pneumonia
18.1%
Hip or knee replacement
5.8%
Infections and complications lower is better
Central-line bloodstream infections
0.72
≈ Same as US
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.31
≈ Same as US
Infections after colon surgery
1.77
≈ Same as US
MRSA blood infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.20
✓ Better than US
Complications after hip or knee replacement
3.9%
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.93
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$55.2Mnet income, all sources
22.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.2Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$5.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
530full-time staff (equivalent)

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 871140$45,720$13,700
Heart failure, with major complications 29167$34,619$8,827
Sepsis 87245$31,925$9,001
Respiratory failure 18937$33,969$8,745
Back problems (no surgery) 55228$24,321$7,159
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37826$33,588$7,016
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48125$68,561$15,287
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69820$38,946$11,100
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$100,744$39,298
Stroke, with major complications 06418$59,500$13,543
Heart attack, with major complications 28018$46,924$11,673
Fainting 31218$29,476$6,084
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$29,160$9,228
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60317$29,987$6,172
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$31,367$6,252
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Cc 08315$47,382$9,414
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$39,941$11,242
Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 05714$36,512$9,295
Heart stent 32214$77,318$12,486
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$40,891$10,781
Heart attack, with complications 28113$34,992$6,396
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$33,153$11,049
Medical Back Problems with Mcc 55113$47,613$11,151
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$34,993$6,916
Major Chest Trauma with Cc 18412$28,031$7,316
COPD, with major complications 19012$34,001$7,502
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$35,588$6,627
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$18,672$5,289
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32111$113,468$21,581
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$23,777$5,530
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48011$100,671$19,596
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$35,745$7,781

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

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