US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$34,440typical hospital bill
$10,151typical amount paid
$8,212–$16,783range paid across 58 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,440 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston38$23,794$8,212
Marshfield Medical Center - MinocquaMinocqua41$19,085$8,212
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha164$37,546$8,665
Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshOshkosh58$37,633$8,680
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton92$45,459$8,711
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit67$34,619$8,827
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville78$40,942$8,879
Holy Family MemorialManitowoc37$30,532$9,047
Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc56$39,913$9,061
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis93$40,890$9,147
Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay51$26,061$9,151
Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington69$40,194$9,158
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha101$41,141$9,179
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay60$43,694$9,349
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay34$37,694$9,500
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton81$20,282$9,574
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha76$32,913$9,625
Thedacare Regional Med Ctr - NeenahNeenah27$23,113$9,631
St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend90$38,519$9,762
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls123$35,294$9,779
St Nicholas HospitalSheboygan14$36,448$9,802
Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac16$34,441$9,808
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison265$42,076$9,864
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac57$33,216$9,944
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point60$28,104$9,967
Fort Memorial HospitalFort Atkinson20$29,549$9,999
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette72$34,121$10,100
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn70$34,356$10,108
St Marys Hospital Medical CtrGreen Bay30$37,036$10,115
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau149$40,621$10,187
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan106$34,439$10,225
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton61$26,609$10,248
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville77$48,496$10,359
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireEau Claire28$42,259$10,527
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison179$47,059$10,542
Watertown Memorial HospitalWatertown15$29,824$10,573
Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (mmc-Bd)Beaver Dam20$22,612$10,647
Aurora Medical Ctr Washington CountyHartford23$27,142$10,667
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire267$38,794$10,822
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice LakeRice Lake43$21,414$10,937
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids38$31,099$10,962
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine77$30,361$10,983
Aspirus Divine Savior HospitalPortage38$26,365$10,987
Ssm Health St Clare Hospital - BarabooBaraboo49$29,937$11,064
The Monroe ClinicMonroe51$32,361$11,159
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse135$24,207$11,219
Aurora Medical Ctr Manitowoc CountyTwo Rivers40$28,230$11,349
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee84$44,422$11,555
Howard Young Medical CenterWoodruff26$26,100$11,897
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse123$30,788$11,964
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee113$30,104$12,115
Ascension St Francis HospitalMilwaukee15$28,615$12,242
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee474$58,133$12,327
Beloit Health SystemBeloit77$55,266$12,600
Aspirus Rhinelander HospitalRhinelander38$38,191$12,619
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield60$41,360$12,674
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee201$44,346$14,413
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison203$58,495$16,783

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.