US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$54,979typical hospital bill
$14,432typical amount paid
$11,049–$21,767range paid across 28 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,979 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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 Center - SummitSummit13$33,153$11,049
Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston14$23,813$11,098
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton12$36,200$11,166
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis12$69,170$11,425
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha16$45,592$12,384
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha15$60,690$12,812
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha24$52,847$12,873
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls20$66,017$13,597
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville13$89,533$13,623
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison58$50,817$13,740
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire40$44,916$13,745
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau30$58,136$13,962
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison36$60,591$14,327
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine13$34,457$14,409
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton14$30,752$14,455
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton12$71,815$14,509
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee22$82,852$14,526
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee27$43,839$14,713
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay28$60,512$15,073
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay13$57,112$15,173
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse18$39,188$15,274
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse23$32,429$15,280
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan14$47,446$15,734
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield14$39,338$16,107
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee67$73,925$16,187
Beloit Health SystemBeloit12$83,815$17,355
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee38$79,570$20,378
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison45$71,781$21,767

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.