48/100
#1,318 nationally
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 · (414) 805-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital billed $4.09 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 235
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #48
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% 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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
842 | $2,503 | $628 | -20% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
583 | $11,793 | $1,458 | +17% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
468 | $9,649 | $1,851 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
406 | $19,462 | $2,496 | +10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
335 | $76,487 | $21,368 | +17% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
326 | $17,541 | $2,517 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
305 | $17,889 | $1,781 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
296 | $16,267 | $2,887 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
274 | $13,115 | $2,174 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $14,200 | $2,191 | about average |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,811 | $1,769 | +101% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,680 | $6,963 | +82% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,822 | $2,940 | +76% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$136,288 | $25,382 | +70% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,918 | $3,030 | +68% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$102,841 | $20,706 | +68% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,461 | $3,475 | +61% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,530 | $6,332 | +57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$834,634 | $231,932 | -58% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$96,019 | $53,075 | -48% |
|
Viral Illness without Major Complications
MS-DRG 866 · Inpatient stay |
$26,366 | $10,565 | -41% |
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$325,009 | $126,757 | -35% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$101,090 | $40,187 | -34% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 957 · Inpatient stay |
$246,520 | $71,754 | -33% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$32,410 | $11,578 | -32% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
$184,384 | $65,226 | -32% |
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.