CostGrade

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center vs Howard Young Medical Center

The same procedures, at each hospital, with what they charge and what that care is actually paid for.

B

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center

La Crosse, WI

3.4x

charged per $1 actually paid

A

Howard Young Medical Center

Woodruff, WI

2.5x

charged per $1 actually paid

CostGrade B A
Score out of 100 79 85
Rank in state #10 #3
Procedures priced 132 10
CMS quality stars 4/5 4/5
Ownership Voluntary non-profit - Private Voluntary non-profit - Church

The same procedures, priced at each

Only procedures every hospital here publishes a price for, so the comparison is like for like.

Procedure Gundersen Lutheran Med... Howard Young Medical C...
Comprehensive Observation Services $12,897 $13,674
Sepsis (severe) $31,365 $32,647
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage $6,861 $7,941
Heart Failure (severe) $24,207 $26,100
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures $12,488 $8,233
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures $8,365 $8,585
Pneumonia (severe) $21,755 $26,324
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures $17,800 $11,079
Respiratory Failure $22,113 $22,179
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures $9,127 $7,176

Green marks the lower charge on that row.

Add another hospital

A

Sauk Prairie Hospital

Prairie Du Sac, WI

2.7x — bills about $2.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

20 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private