Muscle & Joint Symptoms Cost in Wisconsin — Compare All Hospitals
Pain or other symptoms in the muscles, bones, or joints that need hospital evaluation. The stay usually involves imaging and tests to find the cause, along with pain management.
State average
$14,937
gross charge · DRG 556
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$3,695 – $28,227
low to high
Data notes for Wisconsin
- The lowest published charge ($3,695 at Crossing Rivers Health) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Crossing Rivers Health
Prairie Du Chien, WI
Gross charge $3,695 - 2
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Tomah, WI
Gross charge $4,720Cash pay $2,714 - 3
Grant Regional Health Center
Lancaster, WI
Gross charge $9,096Cash pay $5,912 - 4
Amery Hospital & Clinic
Amery, WI
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466 - 5
Hudson Hospital
Hudson, WI
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466 - 6
Westfields Hospital and Clinic
New Richmond, WI
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466 - 7
Stoughton Health
Stoughton, WI
Gross charge $19,296Cash pay $10,613 - 8
Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center Lake
Lake Geneva, WI
Gross charge $28,227Cash pay $18,348 - 9
Mayo Clinic Health System - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
Gross charge — - 10
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Hospital
Appleton, WI
Gross charge — - 11
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake
Rice Lake, WI
Gross charge — - 12
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
Rhinelander, WI
Gross charge — - 13
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County
Two Rivers, WI
Gross charge — - 14
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
Sheboygan, WI
Gross charge — - 15
Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield
Marshfield, WI
Gross charge — - 16
Aurora Medical Center Washington County
Hartford, WI
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Aurora Medical Center Burlington
Burlington, WI
Gross charge — - 19
Froedtert West Bend Hospital
West Bend, WI
Gross charge — - 20
Mercy Health System Corp
Janesville, WI
Gross charge — - 21
Fort Memorial Hospital
Fort Atkinson, WI
Gross charge — - 22
Ascension St. Francis Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 23
Unitypoint Health - Meriter
Madison, WI
Gross charge — - 24
Sauk Prairie Hospital
Prairie Du Sac, WI
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
Elkhorn, WI
Gross charge — - 27
Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital
Manitowoc, WI
Gross charge — - 28
Mile Bluff Medical Center
Mauston, WI
Gross charge — - 29
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area
Marinette, WI
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 31
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 32
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
West Allis, WI
Gross charge — - 33
Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,139 - 34
Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Kenosha, WI
Gross charge — - 35
Aurora Baycare Medical Center
Green Bay, WI
Gross charge — - 36
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin
Glendale, WI
Gross charge — - 37
OakLeaf Surgical Hospital
Altoona, WI
Gross charge — - 38
Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI
Gross charge — - 39
Marshfield Medical Center-Weston
Weston, WI
Gross charge — - 40
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Franklin, WI
Gross charge — - 41
Aurora Medical Center Summit
Summit, WI
Gross charge — - 42
Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Grafton, WI
Gross charge — - 43
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
Gross charge — - 44
Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua
Minocqua, WI
Gross charge — - 45
Froedtert Community Hospital - New Berlin
New Berlin, WI
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Wisconsin Hospital - Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 47
Marshfield Medical Center - Stevens Point Campus
Stevens Point, WI
Gross charge — - 48Gross charge —
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- 50
Ascension Calumet Hospital
Chilton, WI
Gross charge — - 51
Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville
Neillsville, WI
Gross charge — - 52
Flambeau Hospital
Park Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 53
Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith
Ladysmith, WI
Gross charge — - 54
Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior
Superior, WI
Gross charge — - 55
Richland Hospital
Richland Center, WI
Gross charge — - 56
Western Wisconsin Health
Baldwin, WI
Gross charge — - 57
River Falls Area Hospital
River Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 58
Upland Hills Health Hospital & Clinics
Dodgeville, WI
Gross charge — - 59
Southwest Health Center
Platteville, WI
Gross charge — - 60
Bellin Hospital
Green Bay, WI
Gross charge — - 61
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac
Fond Du Lac, WI
Gross charge — - 62
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital
Waupun, WI
Gross charge — - 63
Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus, WI
Gross charge —
8 Wisconsin hospitals publish gross charges for muscle & joint symptoms (DRG 556). Prices range from $3,695 to $28,227 — roughly $24,532 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 $14,937.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of muscle & joint symptoms. 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 muscle & joint symptoms at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling muscle & joint symptoms 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 muscle & joint symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 556 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.