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Hospitals in Wisconsin with the lowest serious complications

63 Wisconsin hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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63 hospitals ranked in Wisconsin by serious complications; 77 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalSerious complicationslower 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 dataTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal bedsCompare
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%162 min1.00
T51Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.Stevens Point, WI · Acute care1.16, 13th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile—13.8%, 9th percentile15.4%, 23rd percentile148 min, 50th percentile0.91, 86th percentile181Compare Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc.
T51St Josephs Community Hospital West BendWest Bend, WI · Acute care1.16, 13th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile—12.4%, 23rd percentile14.1%, 91st percentile211 min, 14th percentile0.92, 83rd percentile121Compare St Josephs Community Hospital West Bend
T51Mercy Health System CorpJanesville, WI · Acute care1.16, 13th percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile13.3%, 10th percentile9.2%, 84th percentile15.1%, 40th percentile161 min, 41st percentile0.92, 83rd percentile240Compare Mercy Health System Corp
54Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha, WI · Acute care1.18, 12th percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile13.2%, 11th percentile14.9%, 4th percentile15.3%, 28th percentile157 min, 44th percentile0.98, 55th percentile380Compare Froedtert South Inc.
T55Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth CampusAppleton, WI · Acute care1.20, 10th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile12.7%, 21st percentile12.5%, 22nd percentile14.8%, 61st percentile143 min, 54th percentile0.85, 95th percentile332Compare Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus
T55Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha, WI · Acute care1.20, 10th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.7%, 54th percentile10.1%, 68th percentile14.4%, 83rd percentile179 min, 30th percentile0.94, 76th percentile74Compare Aurora Medical Center Kenosha
T55Milwaukee VA Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI · Veterans Affairs1.20, 10th percentile3, 43rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.6%, 58th percentile7.4%, 97th percentile15.5%, 19th percentile——902Compare Milwaukee VA Medical Center
58St Vincent HospitalGreen Bay, WI · Acute care1.24, 8th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.6%, 58th percentile15.2%, 3rd percentile14.0%, 93rd percentile133 min, 62nd percentile0.99, 50th percentile523Compare St Vincent Hospital
59Beloit Health SystemBeloit, WI · Acute care1.29, 7th percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile10.9%, 80th percentile14.1%, 7th percentile15.5%, 19th percentile129 min, 66th percentile0.96, 66th percentile256Compare Beloit Health System
60Bellin Memorial HospitalGreen Bay, WI · Acute care1.30, 6th percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.5%, 62nd percentile15.1%, 3rd percentile14.2%, 89th percentile151 min, 48th percentile0.94, 76th percentile242Compare Bellin Memorial Hospital
61St Marys Hospital Medical CenterGreen Bay, WI · Acute care1.36, 5th percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.9%, 46th percentile12.0%, 30th percentile14.7%, 68th percentile102 min, 89th percentile1.04, 23rd percentile158Compare St Marys Hospital Medical Center
62Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton, WI · Acute care1.54, 2nd percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.9%, 46th percentile17.5%, 0th percentile13.1%, 99th percentile147 min, 51st percentile0.92, 83rd percentile160Compare Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc
63Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield, WI · Acute care1.79, 1st percentile1, 3rd percentile3, 39th percentile12.5%, 26th percentile11.5%, 39th percentile16.9%, 1st percentile166 min, 38th percentile0.99, 50th percentile504Compare Marshfield Medical Center

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.

Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).