45/100
#1,409 nationally
Aurora Medical Center
975 Port Washington Road, Grafton, WI 53024 · (262) 329-1000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Aurora Medical Center billed $5.57 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
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 82
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #52
- 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 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 67% 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 |
317 | $19,325 | $2,454 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
235 | $52,794 | $13,713 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $76,185 | $11,769 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $9,964 | $1,467 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $30,320 | $2,973 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $16,776 | $1,758 | +48% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $45,459 | $8,711 | +5% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $61,858 | $10,014 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $14,985 | $1,717 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $19,782 | $1,448 | +76% |
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 |
$19,782 | $1,448 | +76% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,776 | $1,758 | +48% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,882 | $2,944 | +37% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$162,733 | $22,179 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,985 | $1,717 | +28% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$106,506 | $14,283 | +24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,185 | $11,769 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$159,847 | $21,568 | +21% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,552 | $1,459 | -35% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$121,751 | $30,413 | -34% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$73,610 | $23,819 | -32% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$45,523 | $10,833 | -32% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization with Major Complications
MS-DRG 235 · Inpatient stay |
$167,732 | $47,107 | -30% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$29,892 | $7,720 | -29% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$104,874 | $23,361 | -28% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$133,095 | $34,758 | -25% |
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.