72/100
#562 nationally
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
333 Pine Ridge Blvd, Wausau, WI 54401 · (715) 847-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Aspirus Wausau Hospital billed $3.56 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 110
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #19
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
224 | $7,568 | $1,344 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
208 | $20,947 | $2,854 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $44,542 | $11,446 | -29% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
186 | $60,956 | $15,019 | -7% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
161 | $122,508 | $43,565 | -49% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $66,886 | $22,944 | -46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $40,621 | $10,187 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $9,234 | $1,691 | -21% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $31,473 | $6,401 | -21% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $14,351 | $2,426 | -26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$62,786 | $14,057 | +26% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$48,690 | $11,813 | +25% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$59,720 | $10,638 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,925 | $2,350 | +13% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$55,923 | $12,256 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$40,621 | $10,187 | -6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$60,956 | $15,019 | -7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$43,456 | $10,822 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,501 | $28,361 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,595 | $7,602 | -67% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,692 | $9,549 | -56% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$79,201 | $28,295 | -55% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay |
$84,389 | $27,662 | -54% |
|
Extracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay |
$30,951 | $12,342 | -54% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$80,841 | $32,777 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,626 | $17,397 | -50% |
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.