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Hospitals in Wisconsin with the lowest central line bloodstream infections

36 Wisconsin hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Aurora Medical Center, Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County, Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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36 hospitals ranked in Wisconsin by central line bloodstream infections; 104 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Serious complicationslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
	National average	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
T1	Aurora Medical CenterGrafton, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.49, 41st percentile	1.18, 24th percentile	—	0.59, 51st percentile	0.91, 7th percentile	Compare Aurora Medical Center
T1	Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan CountySheboygan, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	2.02, 1st percentile	1.38, 18th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.44, 29th percentile	Compare Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
T1	Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.62, 56th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.55, 21st percentile	Compare Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc
T1	Aspirus Wausau HospitalWausau, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.97, 46th percentile	0.46, 43rd percentile	0.29, 76th percentile	—	0.71, 41st percentile	0.38, 36th percentile	Compare Aspirus Wausau Hospital
T1	Aurora Medical Center OshkoshOshkosh, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.82, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.49, 25th percentile	Compare Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh
T1	Community Memorial HospitalMenomonee Falls, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.49, 41st percentile	1.63, 11th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.23, 58th percentile	Compare Community Memorial Hospital
T1	Thedacare Regional Medical Center - NeenahNeenah, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	0.30, 60th percentile	0.45, 67th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.73, 12th percentile	Compare Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Neenah
T1	Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.16, 71st percentile	1.22, 23rd percentile	—	0.45, 64th percentile	0.31, 46th percentile	Compare Waukesha Memorial Hospital
T1	Beloit Health SystemBeloit, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.29, 7th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.17, 66th percentile	Compare Beloit Health System
T1	Marshfield Medical Center - WestonWeston, WI · Acute care	0.00, 90th percentile	1.15, 14th percentile	1.43, 5th percentile	0.53, 62nd percentile	—	—	0.26, 53rd percentile	Compare Marshfield Medical Center - Weston
11	St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay, WI · Acute care	0.08, 79th percentile	1.24, 8th percentile	0.70, 24th percentile	0.20, 79th percentile	—	0.44, 64th percentile	0.71, 12th percentile	Compare St Vincent Hospital
12	Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton, WI · Acute care	0.17, 76th percentile	1.54, 2nd percentile	0.46, 43rd percentile	0.24, 78th percentile	—	1.20, 14th percentile	0.79, 10th percentile	Compare Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc
13	SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison, WI · Acute care	0.17, 75th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	0.16, 71st percentile	1.19, 24th percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.65, 45th percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison
14	Mercy Health System CorpJanesville, WI · Acute care	0.17, 75th percentile	1.16, 13th percentile	0.22, 66th percentile	0.54, 62nd percentile	—	0.58, 52nd percentile	0.21, 60th percentile	Compare Mercy Health System Corp
15	Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalMilwaukee, WI · Acute care	0.20, 74th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.18, 80th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.32, 44th percentile	Compare Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital
16	Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI · Acute care	0.29, 67th percentile	0.94, 59th percentile	0.40, 51st percentile	1.17, 25th percentile	—	0.34, 72nd percentile	0.51, 24th percentile	Compare Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital Milwaukee
17	UnityPoint Health - MeriterMadison, WI · Acute care	0.31, 65th percentile	0.83, 89th percentile	0.36, 54th percentile	1.61, 12th percentile	2.21, 11th percentile	0.16, 80th percentile	0.67, 14th percentile	Compare UnityPoint Health - Meriter
18	Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire, WI · Acute care	0.33, 64th percentile	0.68, 99th percentile	1.10, 10th percentile	1.11, 27th percentile	—	0.56, 54th percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital
19	Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay, WI · Acute care	0.34, 63rd percentile	1.30, 6th percentile	1.37, 6th percentile	0.79, 45th percentile	—	1.32, 11th percentile	0.47, 26th percentile	Compare Bellin Memorial Hospital
20	Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield, WI · Acute care	0.34, 63rd percentile	1.79, 1st percentile	0.32, 58th percentile	0.41, 69th percentile	—	0.18, 80th percentile	0.73, 11th percentile	Compare Marshfield Medical Center
21	Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha, WI · Acute care	0.42, 56th percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	0.75, 22nd percentile	0.96, 33rd percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.13, 71st percentile	Compare Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
22	Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton, WI · Acute care	0.50, 49th percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	0.27, 62nd percentile	0.50, 64th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.39, 35th percentile	Compare Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus
23	Madison VA Medical CenterMadison, WI · Veterans Affairs	0.51, 48th percentile	0.87, 81st percentile	1.61, 3rd percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Madison VA Medical Center
24	University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison, WI · Acute care	0.59, 40th percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	0.48, 41st percentile	1.52, 14th percentile	0.41, 74th percentile	0.71, 41st percentile	0.61, 17th percentile	Compare University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Authority
25	Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee, WI · Acute care	0.68, 33rd percentile	0.78, 95th percentile	0.40, 51st percentile	1.23, 23rd percentile	1.62, 24th percentile	0.92, 25th percentile	0.59, 18th percentile	Compare Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
26	Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit, WI · Acute care	0.72, 30th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	0.31, 59th percentile	1.77, 9th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.20, 62nd percentile	Compare Aurora Medical Center - Summit
27	Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha, WI · Acute care	0.78, 27th percentile	1.18, 12th percentile	0.76, 21st percentile	0.67, 52nd percentile	—	1.75, 5th percentile	0.50, 25th percentile	Compare Froedtert South Inc.
28	Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington, WI · Acute care	0.80, 26th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	1.87, 2nd percentile	—	—	—	1.10, 4th percentile	Compare Aurora Memorial Hospital Burlington
29	Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI · Acute care	0.83, 24th percentile	1.09, 20th percentile	0.71, 24th percentile	1.40, 17th percentile	0.58, 67th percentile	0.59, 51st percentile	0.55, 21st percentile	Compare Aurora St Lukes Medical Center
30	West Allis Memorial HospitalWest Allis, WI · Acute care	0.84, 24th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	1.28, 7th percentile	1.28, 21st percentile	—	0.95, 23rd percentile	0.17, 66th percentile	Compare West Allis Memorial Hospital
31	SSM Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac, WI · Acute care	0.98, 17th percentile	1.06, 25th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.29, 49th percentile	Compare SSM Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du Lac
32	Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse, WI · Acute care	1.03, 14th percentile	1.05, 26th percentile	0.82, 19th percentile	0.59, 58th percentile	—	0.30, 74th percentile	0.22, 59th percentile	Compare Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
33	St Marys Hospital Medical CenterGreen Bay, WI · Acute care	1.40, 7th percentile	1.36, 5th percentile	0.77, 21st percentile	—	—	—	0.90, 7th percentile	Compare St Marys Hospital Medical Center
T34	Aurora BayCare Medical CenterGreen Bay, WI · Acute care	1.40, 7th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.40, 50th percentile	0.89, 37th percentile	1.73, 20th percentile	0.43, 65th percentile	0.91, 7th percentile	Compare Aurora BayCare Medical Center
T34	Milwaukee VA Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI · Veterans Affairs	1.40, 7th percentile	1.20, 10th percentile	1.32, 6th percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Milwaukee VA Medical Center
36	Ascension All Saints HospitalRacine, WI · Acute care	1.74, 4th percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	0.45, 45th percentile	0.74, 48th percentile	—	0.00, 91st percentile	0.62, 17th percentile	Compare Ascension All Saints Hospital

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).