US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$26,520typical hospital bill
$7,183typical amount paid
$5,935–$12,736range paid across 41 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,520 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
St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend16$28,579$5,935
Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc11$32,955$6,010
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha26$27,644$6,056
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit16$31,367$6,252
Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshOshkosh16$24,038$6,365
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville14$26,520$6,411
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireEau Claire13$21,814$6,414
Holy Family MemorialManitowoc12$23,781$6,536
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay12$36,006$6,572
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan11$23,999$6,598
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls31$25,176$6,716
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau38$25,233$6,728
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac12$20,884$6,781
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton25$33,878$6,794
Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay16$13,564$6,863
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison47$30,461$6,976
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha23$31,141$7,012
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette19$28,813$7,020
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton18$16,230$7,057
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis28$32,484$7,170
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn13$34,308$7,183
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay18$31,692$7,257
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison36$32,381$7,318
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton11$21,976$7,455
Thedacare Regional Med Ctr - NeenahNeenah11$23,917$7,522
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point22$23,738$7,669
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids15$19,607$7,734
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire48$26,378$7,770
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine18$22,903$8,005
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee30$31,749$8,029
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee25$22,479$8,109
The Monroe ClinicMonroe11$24,175$8,113
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield19$25,907$8,274
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville12$48,782$8,417
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse53$18,471$8,534
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee70$38,345$8,652
Beloit Health SystemBeloit21$39,690$8,739
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha20$32,472$8,746
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse30$23,289$8,968
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee90$35,890$10,484
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison66$43,795$12,736

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.