US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Wisconsin

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$50,090typical hospital bill
$15,465typical amount paid
$11,776–$26,632range paid across 61 hospitals

Wisconsin hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,090 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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 - MinocquaMinocqua37$26,536$11,776
Froedtert Community HospitalNew Berlin11$14,132$11,875
Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc63$48,761$12,269
Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha224$56,812$13,037
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville100$50,090$13,584
Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston89$47,934$13,645
Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit140$45,720$13,700
Aurora Medical CenterGrafton235$52,794$13,713
Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay72$29,987$13,795
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha109$54,329$14,090
Thedacare Regional Med Ctr - NeenahNeenah86$38,032$14,316
Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington89$54,309$14,328
St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend80$59,381$14,344
Fort Memorial HospitalFort Atkinson55$38,965$14,377
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha264$59,174$14,399
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton73$35,086$14,601
Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point76$40,668$14,648
Aurora Medical Ctr OshkoshOshkosh78$43,913$14,692
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton124$34,356$14,707
St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay134$62,181$14,795
West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis138$65,154$14,831
Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac54$39,269$14,855
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan172$50,490$14,893
Aurora BayCare Medical CtrGreen Bay214$55,865$14,913
Ssm Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac78$48,866$14,985
Holy Family MemorialManitowoc34$50,533$15,008
Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau186$60,956$15,019
St Marys Hospital Medical CtrGreen Bay68$62,137$15,167
Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls150$56,591$15,297
St Nicholas HospitalSheboygan41$48,081$15,325
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison384$67,914$15,465
Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn102$47,267$15,504
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette127$48,852$15,524
Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine97$43,660$15,698
Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (mmc-Bd)Beaver Dam40$32,808$15,723
Aspirus Divine Savior HospitalPortage40$29,182$15,785
Mercy Health System CorpJanesville81$83,890$15,980
The Monroe ClinicMonroe72$53,593$16,063
Watertown Memorial HospitalWatertown63$43,463$16,309
Sacred Heart HospitalEau Claire25$82,666$16,502
Aurora Medical Ctr Washington CountyHartford40$38,562$16,537
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee124$77,924$16,640
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice LakeRice Lake55$24,938$16,666
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire299$59,879$16,754
Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee120$51,840$16,759
Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison306$77,351$16,855
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse276$31,365$17,134
Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics IncWisconsin Rapids70$40,626$17,164
Ssm Health St Clare Hospital - BarabooBaraboo63$53,980$17,230
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireEau Claire75$50,064$17,324
Aurora Medical Ctr Manitowoc CountyTwo Rivers52$35,932$17,438
Howard Young Medical CenterWoodruff49$32,647$17,443
Aspirus Rhinelander HospitalRhinelander40$54,674$17,446
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse211$38,418$17,455
Mile Bluff Medical CenterMauston37$44,240$17,784
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee470$85,599$18,153
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield212$56,847$18,966
Ascension St Francis HospitalMilwaukee21$65,708$19,257
Beloit Health SystemBeloit72$88,578$19,456
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee335$76,487$21,368
University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison546$100,301$26,632

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.