Pneumonia Cost in Wisconsin — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Amery Hospital & Clinic
Amery, WI
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502 - 2
Hudson Hospital
Hudson, WI
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502 - 3
Westfields Hospital and Clinic
New Richmond, WI
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502 - 4
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Tomah, WI
Gross charge $17,376Cash pay $9,991 - 5
Stoughton Health
Stoughton, WI
Gross charge $17,846Cash pay $9,816 - 6
Grant Regional Health Center
Lancaster, WI
Gross charge $19,909Cash pay $12,941 - 7
Crossing Rivers Health
Prairie Du Chien, WI
Gross charge $20,557 - 8
Mayo Clinic Health System - La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
Gross charge — - 9
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Hospital
Appleton, WI
Gross charge — - 10
Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake
Rice Lake, WI
Gross charge — - 11
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
Rhinelander, WI
Gross charge — - 12
Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County
Two Rivers, WI
Gross charge — - 13
Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County
Sheboygan, WI
Gross charge — - 14
Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield
Marshfield, WI
Gross charge — - 15
Aurora Medical Center Washington County
Hartford, WI
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Aurora Medical Center Burlington
Burlington, WI
Gross charge — - 18
Froedtert West Bend Hospital
West Bend, WI
Gross charge — - 19
Mercy Health System Corp
Janesville, WI
Gross charge — - 20
Fort Memorial Hospital
Fort Atkinson, WI
Gross charge — - 21
Ascension St. Francis Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 22
Unitypoint Health - Meriter
Madison, WI
Gross charge — - 23
Sauk Prairie Hospital
Prairie Du Sac, WI
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
Elkhorn, WI
Gross charge — - 26
Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital
Manitowoc, WI
Gross charge — - 27
Mile Bluff Medical Center
Mauston, WI
Gross charge — - 28
Aurora Medical Center Bay Area
Marinette, WI
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 30
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 31
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
West Allis, WI
Gross charge — - 32
Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
Gross charge — - 33
Aurora Medical Center - Kenosha
Kenosha, WI
Gross charge — - 34
Aurora Baycare Medical Center
Green Bay, WI
Gross charge — - 35
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin
Glendale, WI
Gross charge — - 36
Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI
Gross charge — - 37
Marshfield Medical Center-Weston
Weston, WI
Gross charge — - 38
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Franklin, WI
Gross charge — - 39
Aurora Medical Center Summit
Summit, WI
Gross charge — - 40
Aurora Medical Center Grafton
Grafton, WI
Gross charge — - 41
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
Gross charge — - 42
Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua
Minocqua, WI
Gross charge — - 43
Froedtert Community Hospital - New Berlin
New Berlin, WI
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Wisconsin Hospital - Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 45
Marshfield Medical Center - Stevens Point Campus
Stevens Point, WI
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- 48
Ascension Calumet Hospital
Chilton, WI
Gross charge — - 49
Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville
Neillsville, WI
Gross charge — - 50
Flambeau Hospital
Park Falls, WI
Gross charge — - 51
Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith
Ladysmith, WI
Gross charge — - 52
Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior
Superior, WI
Gross charge — - 53
Richland Hospital
Richland Center, WI
Gross charge — - 54
Western Wisconsin Health
Baldwin, WI
Gross charge — - 55
Upland Hills Health Hospital & Clinics
Dodgeville, WI
Gross charge — - 56
Southwest Health Center
Platteville, WI
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7 Wisconsin hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 194). Prices range from $10,552 to $20,557 — roughly $10,005 apart. The cheapest is Amery Hospital & Clinic in Amery; the most expensive is Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie Du Chien. The state average sits at $15,335.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists pneumonia at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent pneumonia admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Wisconsin hospitals missing from the list either don't perform pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.