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.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Grant Regional Health Center
Lancaster, WI
Gross charge $14,108Cash pay $9,170 - 2
Amery Hospital & Clinic
Amery, WI
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209 - 3
Hudson Hospital
Hudson, WI
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209 - 4
Westfields Hospital and Clinic
New Richmond, WI
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209 - 5
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Tomah, WI
Gross charge $24,692Cash pay $14,198 - 6
Stoughton Health
Stoughton, WI
Gross charge $24,819Cash pay $13,650 - 7
Crossing Rivers Health
Prairie Du Chien, WI
Gross charge $28,203 - 8
Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center Lake
Lake Geneva, WI
Gross charge $38,286Cash pay $24,886 - 9
Mayo Clinic Health System - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,235 - 10
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Hospital
Appleton, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,299 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $6,035 - 15
Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield
Marshfield, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,244 - 16
Aurora Medical Center Washington County
Hartford, WI
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,656
- 18
Aurora Medical Center Burlington
Burlington, WI
Gross charge — - 19
Froedtert West Bend Hospital
West Bend, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,885 - 20
Mercy Health System Corp
Janesville, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,294 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $6,343 - 24
Sauk Prairie Hospital
Prairie Du Sac, WI
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,762
- 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $6,755 - 31
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,852 - 32
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
West Allis, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,246 - 33
Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,669 - 34
Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Kenosha, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,928 - 35
Aurora Baycare Medical Center
Green Bay, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,766 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,340 - 40
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Franklin, WI
Gross charge — - 41
Aurora Medical Center Summit
Summit, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,556 - 42
Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Grafton, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,937 - 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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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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,466 - 61
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac
Fond Du Lac, WI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,480 - 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 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.