68/100
#700 nationally
Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (Mmc-Bd)
707 S University Ave, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 · (920) 887-7181
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (Mmc-Bd) billed $4.30 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
- 12
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #25
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $13,531 | $2,117 | +15% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $17,445 | $2,496 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $32,808 | $15,723 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $10,556 | $1,761 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $6,511 | $1,478 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $61,775 | $11,984 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $15,556 | $2,951 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $22,612 | $10,647 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $13,536 | $1,735 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
14 | $4,825 | $1,465 | -57% |
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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,536 | $1,735 | +15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,531 | $2,117 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,775 | $11,984 | about average |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,556 | $1,761 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,445 | $2,496 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,473 | $5,261 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,556 | $2,951 | -24% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$38,965 | $14,753 | -29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,825 | $1,465 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$32,808 | $15,723 | -50% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$22,612 | $10,647 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,511 | $1,478 | -35% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$38,965 | $14,753 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,556 | $2,951 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,473 | $5,261 | -16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,445 | $2,496 | -10% |
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.