Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower 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 | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T51 | Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc. | 1.16, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 13.8%, 9th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 148 min, 50th percentile | 0.91, 86th percentile | 181 | Compare Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital & Clinics, Inc. |
| T51 | St Josephs Community Hospital West Bend | 1.16, 13th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | 211 min, 14th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 121 | Compare St Josephs Community Hospital West Bend |
| T51 | Mercy Health System Corp | 1.16, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 9.2%, 84th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 161 min, 41st percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 240 | Compare Mercy Health System Corp |
| 54 | Froedtert South Inc. | 1.18, 12th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 14.9%, 4th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 157 min, 44th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 380 | Compare Froedtert South Inc. |
| T55 | Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus | 1.20, 10th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 12.5%, 22nd percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 143 min, 54th percentile | 0.85, 95th percentile | 332 | Compare Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus |
| T55 | Aurora Medical Center Kenosha | 1.20, 10th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 179 min, 30th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 74 | Compare Aurora Medical Center Kenosha |
| T55 | Milwaukee VA Medical Center | 1.20, 10th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 7.4%, 97th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | — | — | 902 | Compare Milwaukee VA Medical Center |
| 58 | St Vincent Hospital | 1.24, 8th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.2%, 3rd percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 133 min, 62nd percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 523 | Compare St Vincent Hospital |
| 59 | Beloit Health System | 1.29, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 14.1%, 7th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 129 min, 66th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 256 | Compare Beloit Health System |
| 60 | Bellin Memorial Hospital | 1.30, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 151 min, 48th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 242 | Compare Bellin Memorial Hospital |
| 61 | St Marys Hospital Medical Center | 1.36, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | 102 min, 89th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 158 | Compare St Marys Hospital Medical Center |
| 62 | Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc | 1.54, 2nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 17.5%, 0th percentile | 13.1%, 99th percentile | 147 min, 51st percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 160 | Compare Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc |
| 63 | Marshfield Medical Center | 1.79, 1st percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 26th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 16.9%, 1st percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 504 | Compare 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).