Ungraded
#696 nationally
Ascension St Francis Hospital
3237 S 16Th St, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 647-5000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ascension St Francis Hospital billed $2.62 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
- 2.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #21
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $18,760 | $13,083 | -48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $65,708 | $19,257 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $15,013 | $2,362 | -23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $28,615 | $12,242 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
13 | $7,254 | $1,477 | -28% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$65,708 | $19,257 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,013 | $2,362 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,254 | $1,477 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,615 | $12,242 | -34% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$18,760 | $13,083 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$18,760 | $13,083 | -48% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,615 | $12,242 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,254 | $1,477 | -28% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,013 | $2,362 | -23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$65,708 | $19,257 | about average |
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.