US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$42,598typical hospital bill
$12,650typical amount paid
$9,711–$20,432range paid across 36 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,598 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
St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend20$47,304$9,711
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha33$37,048$10,345
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton26$47,280$10,476
Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston17$28,213$10,480
Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshOshkosh14$39,888$10,966
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit20$38,946$11,100
Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington15$48,872$11,268
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha19$42,688$11,324
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay25$55,244$11,341
Thedacare Regional Med Ctr - NeenahNeenah17$27,293$11,361
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis29$44,657$11,433
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau27$36,588$11,480
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha43$48,067$11,610
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville16$47,596$11,720
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point20$52,280$11,787
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton17$26,499$11,845
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay18$57,868$12,545
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac14$32,499$12,621
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton24$28,902$12,680
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine28$31,838$12,857
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn13$28,272$12,870
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls28$45,095$12,994
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan19$35,553$13,005
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire54$45,170$13,197
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison49$51,891$13,904
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee22$42,508$13,939
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids14$38,692$14,031
Aurora Medical Ctr Manitowoc CountyTwo Rivers18$25,876$14,118
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison43$55,638$14,368
Aurora Medical Ctr Washington CountyHartford13$41,171$15,479
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse39$29,340$15,527
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse24$36,730$15,527
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee90$67,833$15,733
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee92$50,335$17,006
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield38$60,649$19,077
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison132$65,518$20,432

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.