DRG 065 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in Wisconsin — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.

State average
$22,887
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$14,108 – $38,286
low to high
Lowest $14,108 Highest $38,286

8 Wisconsin hospitals publish gross charges for stroke (DRG 065). Prices range from $14,108 to $38,286 — roughly $24,178 apart. The cheapest is Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster; the most expensive is Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center Lake in Lake Geneva. The state average sits at $22,887.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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 stroke at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent stroke admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $14,108
    Cash pay $9,170
  2. 2

    Amery Hospital & Clinic

    Amery, WI

    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
  3. 3

    Hudson Hospital

    Hudson, WI

    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
  4. 4

    Westfields Hospital and Clinic

    New Richmond, WI

    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
  5. 5

    Tomah Memorial Hospital

    Tomah, WI

    Gross charge $24,692
    Cash pay $14,198
  6. 6

    Stoughton Health

    Stoughton, WI

    Gross charge $24,819
    Cash pay $13,650
  7. 7

    Crossing Rivers Health

    Prairie Du Chien, WI

    Gross charge $28,203
  8. 8

    Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center Lake

    Lake Geneva, WI

    Gross charge $38,286
    Cash pay $24,886
  9. 9

    Mayo Clinic Health System - La Crosse

    La Crosse, WI

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,235
  10. 10

    Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Hospital

    Appleton, WI

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,299
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    Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake

    Rice Lake, WI

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    Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital

    Rhinelander, WI

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    Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County

    Two Rivers, WI

    Gross charge
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    Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County

    Sheboygan, WI

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,035
  15. 15

    Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield

    Marshfield, WI

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,244
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    Aurora Medical Center Washington County

    Hartford, WI

    Gross charge
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    Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus

    Milwaukee, WI

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,656
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    Aurora Medical Center Burlington

    Burlington, WI

    Gross charge
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    Froedtert West Bend Hospital

    West Bend, WI

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,885
  20. 20

    Mercy Health System Corp

    Janesville, WI

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,294
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    Fort Memorial Hospital

    Fort Atkinson, WI

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    Ascension St. Francis Hospital

    Milwaukee, WI

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    Unitypoint Health - Meriter

    Madison, WI

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,343
  24. 24

    Sauk Prairie Hospital

    Prairie Du Sac, WI

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Ascension All Saints Hospital - Spring Street

    Racine, WI

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,762
  26. 26

    Aurora Lakeland Medical Center

    Elkhorn, WI

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital

    Manitowoc, WI

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Mile Bluff Medical Center

    Mauston, WI

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    Aurora Medical Center Bay Area

    Marinette, WI

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    Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital

    Milwaukee, WI

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,755
  31. 31

    Aurora St Luke's Medical Center

    Milwaukee, WI

    77 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,852
  32. 32

    Aurora West Allis Medical Center

    West Allis, WI

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,246
  33. 33

    Froedtert Hospital

    Milwaukee, WI

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,669
  34. 34

    Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha

    Kenosha, WI

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,928
  35. 35

    Aurora Baycare Medical Center

    Green Bay, WI

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,766
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    Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh

    Oshkosh, WI

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  39. 39

    Marshfield Medical Center-Weston

    Weston, WI

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,340
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  41. 41

    Aurora Medical Center Summit

    Summit, WI

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,556
  42. 42

    Aurora Medical Center Grafton

    Grafton, WI

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,937
  43. 43

    Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire

    Eau Claire, WI

    Gross charge
  44. 44

    Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua

    Minocqua, WI

    Gross charge
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  52. 52

    Flambeau Hospital

    Park Falls, WI

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  55. 55

    Richland Hospital

    Richland Center, WI

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  56. 56
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  57. 57

    River Falls Area Hospital

    River Falls, WI

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  58. 58

    Upland Hills Health Hospital & Clinics

    Dodgeville, WI

    Gross charge
  59. 59

    Southwest Health Center

    Platteville, WI

    Gross charge
  60. 60

    Bellin Hospital

    Green Bay, WI

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,466
  61. 61

    SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac

    Fond Du Lac, WI

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,480
  62. 62

    SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital

    Waupun, WI

    Gross charge
  63. 63

    Columbus Community Hospital

    Columbus, WI

    Gross charge

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