US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$37,453typical hospital bill
$9,978typical amount paid
$8,273–$15,339range paid across 45 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,453 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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 - MinocquaMinocqua12$23,332$8,273
Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston24$24,927$8,383
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireEau Claire12$34,091$8,542
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha13$54,091$8,619
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis39$43,078$8,664
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit37$33,969$8,745
St Nicholas HospitalSheboygan14$39,152$8,863
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay12$53,543$9,088
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton17$38,724$9,127
Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay62$30,691$9,296
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls33$32,648$9,305
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan45$33,760$9,393
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton25$21,297$9,451
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette17$37,453$9,493
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton15$19,244$9,639
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point19$27,996$9,664
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn29$36,127$9,778
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay25$54,813$9,850
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison42$38,434$9,854
Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington19$41,506$9,913
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha47$41,049$9,930
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac14$35,482$9,938
Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshOshkosh12$25,885$9,978
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha46$45,153$10,029
Fort Memorial HospitalFort Atkinson38$40,475$10,033
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine39$30,054$10,201
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison76$65,873$10,303
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville60$50,313$10,360
Howard Young Medical CenterWoodruff16$22,179$10,712
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse68$22,113$10,716
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee41$36,047$10,736
Aspirus Rhinelander HospitalRhinelander20$38,163$10,782
Ssm Health St Clare Hospital - BarabooBaraboo13$30,263$10,847
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau65$40,051$10,879
St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend27$44,592$10,992
Aspirus Divine Savior HospitalPortage16$22,868$11,012
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee41$54,012$11,111
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield34$29,160$11,154
The Monroe ClinicMonroe17$47,853$11,290
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse33$33,359$11,797
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire27$41,278$12,346
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee88$63,095$13,010
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids30$27,603$13,427
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee88$47,241$14,841
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison85$55,416$15,339

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.