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Hospitals in Wisconsin with the highest patients' overall rating

98 Wisconsin hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Door County Medical Center, Madison VA Medical Center, River Falls Area Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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98 hospitals ranked in Wisconsin by patients' overall rating; 42 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients' overall ratinghigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average883.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Door County Medical CenterSturgeon Bay, WI · Critical access9645—13.9%14.4%—144 min—25Compare
T2Madison VA Medical CenterMadison, WI · Veterans Affairs955512.1%7.1%16.0%0.87——475Compare
T2River Falls Area HospitalRiver Falls, WI · Critical access9555—11.3%14.0%—96 min—25Compare
T2Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac, WI · Acute care9555—13.0%14.1%1.01152 min0.8636Compare
T2Columbus Community HospitalColumbus, WI · Critical access9545—13.9%14.6%—138 min—25Compare
T2Westfields Hospital And ClinicNew Richmond, WI · Critical access9545—13.2%14.9%—108 min—25Compare
T2Oakleaf Surgical HospitalAltoona, WI · Acute care95—5——14.1%0.93—1.0813Compare
T2Orthopaedic Hospital Of WisconsinGlendale, WI · Acute care95—5——13.2%0.87—0.7330Compare
T2Southwest Health CenterPlatteville, WI · Critical access95—5——14.1%—116 min—25Compare
T10Tomah Memorial HospitalTomah, WI · Critical access9455—10.8%14.6%—109 min—15Compare
T10Upland Hills HealthDodgeville, WI · Critical access9445—12.1%14.9%—113 min—25Compare
T10Flambeau HospitalPark Falls, WI · Critical access9435——15.4%—102 min—15Compare
T10Stoughton HospitalStoughton, WI · Critical access9435—12.2%14.9%—154 min—25Compare
T14Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse, WI · Acute care93559.8%10.2%14.3%0.85134 min0.90345Compare
T14Tamarack Health Hayward Medical CenterHayward, WI · Critical access9345—10.5%14.4%—152 min—25Compare
T14Crossing Rivers Health Medical CenterPrairie Du Chien, WI · Critical access9335—11.4%14.9%—162 min—25Compare
T14Tamarack Health Ashland Medical CenterAshland, WI · Critical access9335—13.4%14.9%—124 min—25Compare
T14Amery Hospital & ClinicAmery, WI · Critical access9325—14.9%14.5%—120 min—25Compare
T14Froedtert Community HospitalNew Berlin, WI · Acute care93—5——14.8%—125 min0.7116Compare
T14Mayo Clinic Health System OakridgeOsseo, WI · Critical access93—5—9.5%14.9%—136 min—18Compare
T14Ripon Medical CenterRipon, WI · Critical access93—5——14.5%—146 min—18Compare
T14Western Wisconsin HealthBaldwin, WI · Critical access93—4——14.9%—111 min—25Compare
T23Hudson HospitalHudson, WI · Critical access9254—11.3%14.3%—117 min—25Compare
T23Marshfield Medical Center - MinocquaMinocqua, WI · Acute care9255—9.9%15.2%0.89174 min0.9219Compare
T23Mercy Walworth Hospital & Medical CenterLake Geneva, WI · Critical access9234—12.9%14.7%—126 min—25Compare
T23Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics, IncMedford, WI · Critical access92—4—12.3%14.4%—154 min—15Compare
T23Vernon Memorial HospitalViroqua, WI · Critical access92—5——14.4%—138 min—25Compare
T28Aurora Lakeland Medical CenterElkhorn, WI · Acute care9154—11.9%14.9%0.89145 min0.8499Compare
T28Aurora Medical CenterGrafton, WI · Acute care915411.4%9.1%14.7%1.05188 min0.8562Compare
T28Aurora Medical Center - SummitSummit, WI · Acute care915412.0%11.1%14.7%0.93142 min0.9066Compare
T28Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc CountyTwo Rivers, WI · Acute care9154—12.0%14.8%0.95112 min0.8569Compare
T28Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc, WI · Acute care915411.6%11.7%15.0%0.88136 min1.05156Compare
T28Reedsburg Area Medical CenterReedsburg, WI · Critical access9154—11.0%14.2%—137 min—25Compare
T28University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison, WI · Acute care915411.6%8.5%14.2%1.04214 min0.93536Compare
T28Waupun Memorial HospitalWaupun, WI · Critical access9154—10.8%14.7%—139 min—15Compare
T28Aurora BayCare Medical CenterGreen Bay, WI · Acute care914412.2%12.8%14.9%1.01133 min0.92132Compare
T28Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha, WI · Acute care914411.7%10.1%14.4%1.20179 min0.9474Compare
T28Aurora Medical Center OshkoshOshkosh, WI · Acute care914410.9%11.0%14.3%0.82122 min0.8184Compare
T28Aurora Medical Center Washington CountyHartford, WI · Acute care9144—10.9%15.7%0.95127 min0.8471Compare
T28Howard Young Medical CenterWoodruff, WI · Acute care9144—13.5%14.6%—163 min0.94109Compare
T28Mile Bluff Medical CenterMauston, WI · Acute care9145—11.7%14.5%0.97124 min0.7840Compare
T28Milwaukee VA Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI · Veterans Affairs913411.6%7.4%15.5%1.20——902Compare
T28Thedacare Medical Center - Berlin IncBerlin, WI · Critical access9134—12.8%14.7%—110 min—25Compare
T28Richland HospitalRichland Center, WI · Critical access9114—11.5%15.4%—100 min—25Compare
T28Langlade HospitalAntigo, WI · Critical access91—3—14.3%14.6%—148 min—25Compare
T28Midwest Orthopedic Specialty HospitalFranklin, WI · Acute care91—5——15.7%0.94——16Compare
T47Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire, WI · Acute care905410.3%12.0%13.6%0.68178 min0.95304Compare
T47The Monroe ClinicMonroe, WI · Acute care905410.8%10.5%15.6%0.93145 min0.90100Compare
T47UnityPoint Health - MeriterMadison, WI · Acute care905411.0%10.4%15.8%0.83142 min0.93448Compare
T47Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette, WI · Acute care9044—9.3%15.7%0.90129 min0.8499Compare

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.

Patients' overall rating
HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).