US Health Care Costs

West Allis Memorial Hospital

8901 W Lincoln Ave, West Allis, WI 53227 · (414) 328-6000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$80.4Mnet income, all sources
21.3%margin on patient care alone
$5.5Mcost of charity care (2.3% of costs)
$15.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
202beds

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 871138$65,154$14,831
Heart failure, with major complications 29193$40,890$9,147
Sepsis 87249$43,382$8,139
Respiratory failure 18939$43,078$8,664
Stomach and digestive disorders 39239$32,607$6,596
Urinary tract infection 69038$30,948$6,081
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37835$42,036$8,286
Lung infection, with major complications 17729$66,306$12,638
Kidney failure, with major complications 68229$49,922$10,870
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69829$44,657$11,433
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60328$29,630$7,878
Kidney failure, with complications 68328$32,484$7,170
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68925$36,553$8,558
Fainting 31224$34,447$7,143
Diabetes, with complications 63824$31,010$7,980
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85323$139,434$31,841
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56322$34,235$6,655
COPD, with major complications 19020$28,170$8,229
Pneumonia, with major complications 19320$49,834$10,296
Back problems (no surgery) 55220$35,517$6,953
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64020$51,163$9,931
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64118$26,672$5,925
Heart attack, with major complications 28017$36,942$10,333
Other digestive problems, with complications 39416$27,484$8,376
Pneumonia, with complications 19415$33,509$7,189
Hip or knee replacement 47015$98,416$14,780
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$89,471$14,954
Diabetes, with major complications 63715$46,374$9,972
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81115$42,129$10,732
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69914$27,128$6,930
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$46,536$8,398
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$69,170$11,425
Cellulitis with Mcc 60211$51,867$10,859
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$31,151$6,818

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