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The Monroe Clinic

515 22nd Ave, Monroe, WI 53566 · (608) 324-2000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

The Monroe Clinic is a non-profit general hospital in Monroe, Wisconsin (Green County), with 58 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 72% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 424 stays here in 2024, most often for sepsis, heart failure and pneumonia. It lists $4.56 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 (637 surveys)
$4.56listed for every $1 its care costs Wisconsin typical $4.11
2 h 25 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
424Medicare stays in 2024
58beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 637 surveys

72%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 25 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
71%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: high.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
10.8%
Heart failure
10.5%
Pneumonia
13.9%
Stroke
11.8%
COPD
7.8%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
15.2%
Heart failure
21.4%
Pneumonia
17.3%
Infections and complications lower is better
Infections after colon surgery
0.77
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.37
≈ Same as US
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

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$27.2Mnet income, all sources
0.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.0Mcost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$6.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
719full-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 87172$53,593$16,063
Heart failure, with major complications 29151$32,361$11,159
Sepsis 87232$33,633$10,358
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$37,742$11,938
Lung infection, with major complications 17728$37,927$14,031
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37824$29,579$9,084
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38923$32,376$7,516
Heart attack, with major complications 28019$38,868$12,810
Stomach and digestive disorders 39218$30,004$7,408
Respiratory failure 18917$47,853$11,290
Pneumonia, with complications 19415$30,012$7,076
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$29,216$7,970
Urinary tract infection 69013$25,607$7,018
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$95,621$36,678
Heart attack, with complications 28112$33,432$8,495
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Cc 54311$29,159$9,896
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$41,219$12,086
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$24,175$8,113
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$31,407$9,376
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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