60/100
#941 nationally
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area
3003 University Dr, Marinette, WI 54143 · (715) 735-4200
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Aurora Medical Center Bay Area billed $4.31 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 25
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #36
- 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 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% 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 |
249 | $20,189 | $2,570 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $11,243 | $2,210 | -4% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $48,852 | $15,524 | -25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $34,121 | $10,100 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $10,781 | $1,501 | +7% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $55,163 | $12,346 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $7,891 | $1,791 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $9,361 | $1,859 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $28,841 | $8,152 | -26% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $48,320 | $10,308 | +4% |
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 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,305 | $1,547 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,781 | $1,501 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,275 | $3,069 | +6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,189 | $2,570 | +4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$48,320 | $10,308 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,326 | $1,542 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,243 | $2,210 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,252 | $2,970 | -6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$31,284 | $9,513 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,891 | $1,791 | -33% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$27,376 | $9,398 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,887 | $2,736 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$28,841 | $8,152 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$48,852 | $15,524 | -25% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$28,180 | $6,876 | -23% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$37,453 | $9,493 | -23% |
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.