Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Wisconsin with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
6 Wisconsin hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison, University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Authority, Aurora St Lukes Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)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 | ||
| 1 | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 0.17, 75th percentile | 0.16, 71st percentile | 1.19, 24th percentile | 0.65, 45th percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison |
| 2 | University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Authority | 0.41, 74th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 0.59, 40th percentile | 0.48, 41st percentile | 1.52, 14th percentile | 0.71, 41st percentile | 0.61, 17th percentile | Compare University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics Authority |
| 3 | Aurora St Lukes Medical Center | 0.58, 67th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 0.83, 24th percentile | 0.71, 24th percentile | 1.40, 17th percentile | 0.59, 51st percentile | 0.55, 21st percentile | Compare Aurora St Lukes Medical Center |
| 4 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital | 1.62, 24th percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | 0.68, 33rd percentile | 0.40, 51st percentile | 1.23, 23rd percentile | 0.92, 25th percentile | 0.59, 18th percentile | Compare Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital |
| 5 | Aurora BayCare Medical Center | 1.73, 20th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 1.40, 7th percentile | 0.40, 50th percentile | 0.89, 37th percentile | 0.43, 65th percentile | 0.91, 7th percentile | Compare Aurora BayCare Medical Center |
| 6 | UnityPoint Health - Meriter | 2.21, 11th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.31, 65th percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | 1.61, 12th percentile | 0.16, 80th percentile | 0.67, 14th percentile | Compare UnityPoint Health - Meriter |
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.
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).
- 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).