Watertown Memorial Hospital
125 Hospital Drive, Watertown, WI 53098 · (920) 261-4210
The money
$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.8Mnet income, all sources
2.8%margin on patient care alone
$823,815cost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$4.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
76beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending August 2025. 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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 63 | $43,463 | $16,309 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 27 | $33,240 | $9,287 | |
| Pneumonia, with complications 194 | 16 | $24,660 | $7,038 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 15 | $29,824 | $10,573 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 15 | $21,704 | $6,605 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 14 | $34,936 | $11,096 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 11 | $33,322 | $9,055 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 11 | $26,228 | $13,461 | |
| Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308 | 11 | $36,327 | $9,929 | |
| Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481 | 11 | $66,907 | $16,993 | |
| Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 948 | 11 | $23,221 | $6,555 |
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