Bone & Joint Disease Cost in Wisconsin — Compare All Hospitals
A painful flare-up of a bone or joint condition, such as severe arthritis, gout, or a bone disorder, managed without surgery. The stay usually involves pain control, medications, imaging, and physical therapy to get moving again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Crossing Rivers Health
Prairie Du Chien, WI
Gross charge $7,967 - 2
Stoughton Health
Stoughton, WI
Gross charge $9,933Cash pay $5,463 - 3
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Tomah, WI
Gross charge $15,032Cash pay $8,644 - 4
Amery Hospital & Clinic
Amery, WI
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 5
Hudson Hospital
Hudson, WI
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 6
Westfields Hospital and Clinic
New Richmond, WI
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 7
Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center Lake
Lake Geneva, WI
Gross charge $22,088Cash pay $14,357 - 8
Mayo Clinic Health System - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
Gross charge — - 9
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Hospital
Appleton, WI
Gross charge — - 10
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake
Rice Lake, WI
Gross charge — - 11
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
Rhinelander, WI
Gross charge — - 12
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County
Two Rivers, WI
Gross charge — - 13
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
Sheboygan, WI
Gross charge — - 14
Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield
Marshfield, WI
Gross charge — - 15
Aurora Medical Center Washington County
Hartford, WI
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
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Aurora Medical Center Burlington
Burlington, WI
Gross charge — - 18
Froedtert West Bend Hospital
West Bend, WI
Gross charge — - 19
Mercy Health System Corp
Janesville, WI
Gross charge — - 20
Fort Memorial Hospital
Fort Atkinson, WI
Gross charge — - 21
Ascension St. Francis Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 22
Unitypoint Health - Meriter
Madison, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,393 - 23
Sauk Prairie Hospital
Prairie Du Sac, WI
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
Elkhorn, WI
Gross charge — - 26
Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital
Manitowoc, WI
Gross charge — - 27
Mile Bluff Medical Center
Mauston, WI
Gross charge — - 28
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area
Marinette, WI
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 30
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 31
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
West Allis, WI
Gross charge — - 32
Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,217 - 33
Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Kenosha, WI
Gross charge — - 34
Aurora Baycare Medical Center
Green Bay, WI
Gross charge — - 35
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin
Glendale, WI
Gross charge — - 36
OakLeaf Surgical Hospital
Altoona, WI
Gross charge — - 37
Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI
Gross charge — - 38
Marshfield Medical Center-Weston
Weston, WI
Gross charge — - 39
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Franklin, WI
Gross charge — - 40
Aurora Medical Center Summit
Summit, WI
Gross charge — - 41
Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Grafton, WI
Gross charge — - 42
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
Gross charge — - 43
Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua
Minocqua, WI
Gross charge — - 44
Froedtert Community Hospital - New Berlin
New Berlin, WI
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Wisconsin Hospital - Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 46
Marshfield Medical Center - Stevens Point Campus
Stevens Point, WI
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
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Ascension Calumet Hospital
Chilton, WI
Gross charge — - 50
Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville
Neillsville, WI
Gross charge — - 51
Flambeau Hospital
Park Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 52
Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith
Ladysmith, WI
Gross charge — - 53
Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior
Superior, WI
Gross charge — - 54
Richland Hospital
Richland Center, WI
Gross charge — - 55
Western Wisconsin Health
Baldwin, WI
Gross charge — - 56
River Falls Area Hospital
River Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 57
Upland Hills Health Hospital & Clinics
Dodgeville, WI
Gross charge — - 58
Southwest Health Center
Platteville, WI
Gross charge — - 59
Bellin Hospital
Green Bay, WI
Gross charge — - 60
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac
Fond Du Lac, WI
Gross charge — - 61
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital
Waupun, WI
Gross charge — - 62
Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus, WI
Gross charge —
7 Wisconsin hospitals publish gross charges for bone & joint disease (DRG 554). Prices range from $7,967 to $22,088 — roughly $14,121 apart. The cheapest is Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie Du Chien; the most expensive is Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center Lake in Lake Geneva. The state average sits at $15,887.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone & joint disease. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bone & joint disease at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone & joint disease in Wisconsin, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Wisconsin hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bone & joint disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 554 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.