34/100
#1,757 nationally
Aurora St Lukes Medical Center
2900 W Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53215 · (414) 649-6000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Aurora St Lukes Medical Center billed $5.46 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 200
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #59
- 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 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
605 | $21,277 | $2,512 | +9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
474 | $58,133 | $12,327 | +34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
470 | $85,599 | $18,153 | +31% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
454 | $38,547 | $3,027 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
252 | $31,015 | $3,808 | +50% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
239 | $22,313 | $3,236 | +8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
223 | $74,666 | $12,049 | +20% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $11,185 | $1,499 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $16,110 | $1,748 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
206 | $14,794 | $1,894 | +14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$156,680 | $32,189 | +94% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$67,095 | $11,629 | +94% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$344,801 | $56,293 | +88% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$125,979 | $25,551 | +85% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$96,784 | $14,425 | +72% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$90,385 | $14,713 | +66% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,937 | $5,384 | +64% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$106,231 | $15,064 | +61% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$40,168 | $12,592 | -40% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$33,509 | $8,767 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,298 | $2,662 | -25% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,910 | $3,854 | -23% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$141,800 | $38,537 | -23% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$92,873 | $29,013 | -22% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization with Major Complications
MS-DRG 235 · Inpatient stay |
$196,512 | $50,185 | -18% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$123,295 | $30,979 | -18% |
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.