US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$68,283typical hospital bill
$18,449typical amount paid
$14,484–$32,984range paid across 12 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $68,283 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls15$46,390$14,484
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau24$52,515$15,040
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison22$72,816$16,607
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse19$38,794$17,918
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire26$58,629$18,068
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison24$86,210$18,363
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse12$55,425$18,535
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville15$125,492$19,687
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield18$63,751$21,550
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee55$118,006$22,426
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee66$84,290$25,418
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison51$99,227$32,984

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.