Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Wisconsin with the lowest medicare spending per patient
59 Wisconsin hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | ||||
| T51 | Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital Milwaukee | 0.98, 55th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | 422 | Compare Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital Milwaukee |
| T51 | Froedtert South Inc. | 0.98, 55th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 14.9%, 4th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 380 | Compare Froedtert South Inc. |
| T53 | St Vincent Hospital | 0.99, 50th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 1.24, 8th percentile | 133 min, 62nd percentile | 523 | Compare St Vincent Hospital |
| T53 | Marshfield Medical Center | 0.99, 50th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 1.79, 1st percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 504 | Compare Marshfield Medical Center |
| 55 | St Marys Hospital Medical Center | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 1.36, 5th percentile | 102 min, 89th percentile | 158 | Compare St Marys Hospital Medical Center |
| T56 | Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital | 1.05, 19th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 136 min, 60th percentile | 156 | Compare Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital |
| T56 | Waukesha Memorial Hospital | 1.05, 19th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 400 | Compare Waukesha Memorial Hospital |
| 58 | Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center | 1.07, 14th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | 325 | Compare Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center |
| 59 | Oakleaf Surgical Hospital | 1.08, 12th percentile | — | 5, 97th percentile | — | — | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | — | 13 | Compare Oakleaf Surgical 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.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).