US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$31,328typical hospital bill
$8,426typical amount paid
$6,788–$13,638range paid across 51 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,328 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
Marshfield Medical Center - MinocquaMinocqua17$14,433$6,788
St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend32$36,815$6,912
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha72$31,328$7,143
Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshOshkosh23$32,541$7,165
Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc16$31,915$7,379
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan52$30,763$7,457
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton45$39,494$7,459
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay40$34,334$7,515
Thedacare Regional Med Ctr - NeenahNeenah19$19,514$7,566
St Marys Hospital Medical CtrGreen Bay16$31,115$7,740
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls38$33,577$7,771
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee16$30,714$7,963
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison97$41,073$7,988
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac21$30,182$8,030
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville28$52,829$8,033
Fort Memorial HospitalFort Atkinson16$21,953$8,043
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point22$24,922$8,063
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville25$45,066$8,109
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis49$43,382$8,139
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette32$28,841$8,152
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn33$30,202$8,164
Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay30$16,721$8,268
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha50$43,240$8,362
Aspirus Divine Savior HospitalPortage15$23,235$8,389
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton22$18,692$8,422
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay27$37,670$8,426
Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington22$32,268$8,448
Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac24$29,727$8,499
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton31$21,197$8,522
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha33$35,099$8,604
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine15$28,981$8,712
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau52$31,159$8,822
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison54$34,966$8,827
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids14$26,762$8,858
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit45$31,925$9,001
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice LakeRice Lake18$18,115$9,006
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire62$28,060$9,032
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse61$17,332$9,073
Aurora Medical Ctr Manitowoc CountyTwo Rivers18$31,007$9,177
Watertown Memorial HospitalWatertown27$33,240$9,287
Ssm Health St Clare Hospital - BarabooBaraboo17$37,083$9,396
Mile Bluff Medical CenterMauston18$42,003$9,438
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield34$35,385$9,807
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse37$25,576$9,842
Beloit Health SystemBeloit13$44,062$10,042
The Monroe ClinicMonroe32$33,633$10,358
Aurora Medical Ctr Washington CountyHartford14$29,916$10,600
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee120$50,433$10,634
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee23$30,699$10,656
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee49$41,137$12,154
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison92$49,314$13,638

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.