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Aurora Medical Ctr Oshkosh

855 N Westhaven Drive, Oshkosh, WI 54904 · (920) 456-6000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Aurora Medical Ctr Oshkosh is a non-profit general hospital in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County), with 83 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 77% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 302 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and pneumonia. It lists $4.65 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 (700 surveys)
$4.65listed for every $1 its care costs Wisconsin typical $4.11
2 h 2 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
302Medicare stays in 2024
83beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 700 surveys

77%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
75%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 2 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
70%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: medium.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
10.9%
Heart failure
11.0%
Pneumonia
17.2%
Stroke
11.3%
COPD
9.8%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
13.8%
Heart failure
19.7%
Pneumonia
17.0%
Infections and complications lower is better
Central-line bloodstream infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.49
≈ Same as US
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.82
≈ 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

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$45.5Mnet income, all sources
15.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.2Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$8.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
749full-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 87178$43,913$14,692
Heart failure, with major complications 29158$37,633$8,680
Sepsis 87223$32,541$7,165
Pneumonia, with major complications 19320$31,406$10,055
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30920$19,894$6,062
Urinary tract infection 69017$25,613$5,829
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$26,075$7,076
Stomach and digestive disorders 39216$24,981$5,801
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$24,038$6,365
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$39,888$10,966
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$47,618$11,390
Respiratory failure 18912$25,885$9,978
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

Nearby hospitals

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