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Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital

791 E Summit Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 · (262) 569-9400

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital is a non-profit general hospital in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Waukesha County), with 63 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 76% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 364 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and hip or knee replacement. It lists $4.42 for every $1 its care costs, close to the typical Wisconsin hospital ($4.11).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (509 surveys)
$4.42listed for every $1 its care costs Wisconsin typical $4.11
2 h 16 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
364Medicare stays in 2024
63beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 509 surveys

76%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
76%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 16 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
80%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
11.6%
Heart failure
11.7%
Pneumonia
13.2%
Stroke
13.9%
COPD
7.6%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
14.2%
Heart failure
21.5%
Pneumonia
17.4%
Hip or knee replacement
5.3%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.45
≈ Same as US
Complications after hip or knee replacement
3.8%
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.88
≈ 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

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$21.7Mnet income, all sources
4.3%margin on patient care alone
$166,335cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
$3.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
321full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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 87163$48,761$12,269
Heart failure, with major complications 29156$39,913$9,061
Hip or knee replacement 47029$73,271$12,643
Pneumonia, with complications 19424$24,786$5,468
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$27,955$5,294
Urinary tract infection 69019$23,239$5,095
Lung infection, with major complications 17717$36,360$10,028
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 46816$118,877$19,905
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$83,664$13,216
Sepsis 87216$31,915$7,379
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 48315$93,639$18,836
Pneumonia, with major complications 19314$32,498$8,910
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$22,457$5,010
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$33,476$6,637
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$21,956$5,764
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$32,955$6,010
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$30,044$7,942
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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