51/100
#1,240 nationally
University Of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority
600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792 · (608) 263-6400
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority billed $4.01 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 267
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #47
- 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 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 |
1,457 | $2,823 | $624 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,125 | $10,311 | $1,494 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
775 | $8,237 | $1,846 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
759 | $57,649 | $12,187 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
741 | $11,980 | $1,761 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
546 | $100,301 | $26,632 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
464 | $13,503 | $2,648 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
343 | $23,594 | $2,508 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
290 | $24,948 | $3,024 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
289 | $29,069 | $4,817 | +6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$197,347 | $21,274 | +142% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$177,884 | $48,961 | +107% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$80,805 | $18,611 | +96% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$131,498 | $34,440 | +94% |
|
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Expired with Major Complications
MS-DRG 283 · Inpatient stay |
$160,031 | $36,609 | +88% |
|
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay |
$260,861 | $66,950 | +79% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$93,674 | $20,734 | +75% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$75,350 | $15,990 | +70% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,419 | $7,269 | -60% |
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$850,262 | $292,906 | -57% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,105 | $27,743 | -46% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$103,897 | $43,285 | -41% |
|
Implantation of Drug Infusion Device
APC 5471 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,473 | $16,613 | -41% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$138,162 | $60,394 | -38% |
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$310,182 | $136,511 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,237 | $1,846 | -36% |
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.