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Cash prices Milwaukee, WI Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Milwaukee, WI without insurance

Of 16 hospitals in the Milwaukee, WI area we can compare, Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (Franklin) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 34% below the Wisconsin median across 294 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin 34% below 245 of 294 42 of 294
2. Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee 32% below 276 of 347 63 of 347
3. Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee 32% below 266 of 339 65 of 339
4. Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Franklin Campus Franklin 30% below 238 of 305 59 of 305
5. Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Glendale 22% below 81 of 126 44 of 126
6. Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus Mequon 16% below 261 of 421 156 of 421
7. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee 5% below 212 of 384 171 of 384
8. Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee at median 95 of 367 181 of 367
9. Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee at median 88 of 352 173 of 352
10. Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis at median 86 of 339 163 of 339
11. Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton at median 87 of 338 160 of 338
12. Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit at median 115 of 337 133 of 337
13. Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha at median 88 of 334 157 of 334
14. Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford at median 76 of 325 160 of 325
15. Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy at median 77 of 336 168 of 336
16. Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus Milwaukee 1% above 182 of 383 196 of 383
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Procedure costs in the Milwaukee, WI area

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.