US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$73,672typical hospital bill
$16,690typical amount paid
$13,604–$22,261range paid across 19 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $73,672 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha16$73,672$13,604
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton14$106,506$14,283
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha13$84,163$14,952
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha12$77,324$15,297
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay13$57,598$15,756
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison63$67,821$15,859
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire37$51,808$16,297
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison30$79,910$16,435
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton12$49,069$16,646
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn12$77,707$16,690
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee12$69,487$17,433
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse32$55,184$17,645
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee12$103,064$17,706
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse18$52,399$17,757
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids11$50,919$17,870
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield22$52,578$18,821
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls13$93,925$19,719
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee31$127,274$21,758
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison12$92,830$22,261

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.