67/100
#721 nationally
Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital
5000 W Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI 53210 · (414) 447-2130
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital billed $3.67 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 70
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #26
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $15,827 | $2,462 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $6,859 | $1,477 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
120 | $51,840 | $16,759 | -21% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $30,104 | $12,115 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $13,338 | $2,094 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $10,423 | $1,839 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $9,315 | $1,718 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $12,570 | $2,904 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $33,720 | $5,091 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $49,823 | $11,672 | -20% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,079 | $622 | +126% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,081 | $7,705 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,338 | $2,094 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,937 | $1,695 | +5% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,698 | $6,244 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,360 | $3,086 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,425 | $2,949 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,720 | $5,091 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$31,852 | $14,674 | -58% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$17,548 | $7,950 | -52% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$87,413 | $36,211 | -51% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$21,038 | $9,206 | -49% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$74,273 | $25,698 | -48% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$26,565 | $11,107 | -45% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$17,052 | $7,300 | -44% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$17,598 | $7,759 | -42% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.