US Health Care Costs

Other O.r. Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma with Mcc in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 957: Other o.r. procedures for multiple significant trauma with mcc

$319,020typical hospital bill
$85,988typical amount paid
$71,754–$100,222range paid across 2 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $319,020 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
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee11$246,520$71,754
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison16$391,520$100,222

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.