US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$25,558typical hospital bill
$6,583typical amount paid
$5,343–$10,180range paid across 27 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,558 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton23$33,869$5,343
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha22$25,558$5,774
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau21$24,990$5,821
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan16$27,438$5,897
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis18$26,672$5,925
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay17$26,633$5,931
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac15$23,286$5,983
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay14$24,962$5,990
Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay20$13,022$6,024
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha23$23,363$6,025
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls21$21,416$6,129
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha33$28,959$6,193
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison50$26,781$6,309
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison32$30,022$6,583
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton21$13,152$6,669
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine11$16,695$6,901
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville24$36,399$6,919
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse31$18,845$7,169
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee16$22,068$7,205
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield11$26,624$7,218
Beloit Health SystemBeloit29$36,344$7,700
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee22$17,598$7,759
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee37$38,700$7,781
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire36$22,133$8,636
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse29$21,297$9,184
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee66$42,765$9,965
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison39$36,954$10,180

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.