Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99281 Wisconsin Outpatient

Level 1 ER visit cost in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, 96 hospitals publish a cash price for emergency room visit, level 1 of 5, minor problem that may not need a doctor: from $49.28 to $475.95, with a median of $187.50. The lowest price is at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin (Berlin) and 9 other hospitals. The highest price is 9.7× the lowest.

  • The median here, $187.50, is 16% below the US median of $222.62.
  • That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($86.15).
  • Wisconsin ranks 13th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 4 of 96 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 99281. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$49.28ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin + 9 more
Median$187.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$475.95in Wisconsin
Lowest saves$138.22vs the median

Hospitals in Wisconsin, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin lowest Berlin · Berlin, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP lowest Appleton · Appleton, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton lowest Appleton · Appleton, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 7, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Fond Du Lac lowest Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah lowest Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-New London lowest New London · New London, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Oshkosh lowest Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano lowest Shawano · Shawano, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Waupaca lowest Waupaca · Waupaca, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Wild Rose lowest Wild Rose · Wild Rose, WI EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT,LEVEL I $49.28 $88.00 Aug 8, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette · Marinette, WI-MI ED TRIAGE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT $62.50 $125.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED TRIAGE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT $62.50 $125.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Beloit Memorial Hospital Beloit · Janesville-Beloit, WI 99281 - Level 1 - Lynx Visit Level $68.40 $228.00 Oct 12, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers · Manitowoc, WI MEDICAL SCREENING UP TO 1 HR $87.50 $175.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Amery Hospital East Amery · East Amery, WI Emergency Room visit $90.72 $174.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI MEDICAL SCREENING UP TO 1 HR $105.00 $210.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI MEDICAL SCREENING UP TO 1 HR $105.00 $210.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton · Appleton, WI HC PRO-ER EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LEVEL 1 $111.15 $195.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Medical Center - Walworth Lake Geneva · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI HC EMTALA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SCREENING SERVICE $123.02 $164.02 Mar 1, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville · Janesville-Beloit, WI HC EMTALA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SCREENING SERVICE $126.00 $168.00 Mar 1, 2026
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Bellin Memorial Health Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HCHG 99281 EMERGENCY SERVICE I $129.18 $279.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Hudson Hospital Hudson · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Emergency Room visit $132.17 $293.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Bellin Health Oconto Hospital Oconto · Green Bay, WI HCHG 99281 EMERGENCY SERVICE I $134.27 $290.00 Jun 27, 2026
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI HC ER LEVEL 1 $136.62 $207.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HC ER LEVEL 1 $136.62 $207.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Marys Hospital Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HC ER LEVEL 1 $136.62 $207.00 Mar 24, 2026
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Fort Memorial Hospital Fort Atkinson · Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 99281 - Level 1 - Lynx Visit Level $139.20 $435.00 Jun 17, 2026
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Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HCHG 99281 EMERGENCY SERVICE I $139.92 $266.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Grant Regional Health Center Lancaster · Platteville, WI Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $140.40 $216.00 Sep 18, 2026
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St Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls · Green Bay, WI HC ER LEVEL 1 $140.58 $213.00 Mar 24, 2026
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River Falls Area Hospital River Falls · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ED LVL 1 HCHG $145.32 $259.50 Jun 15, 2026
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Sauk Prairie Healthcare Prairie Du Sac · Baraboo, WI ER LEVEL I PROFESSIONAL $145.78 $266.50 Jan 29, 2026
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Memorial Hospital of Boscobel Boscobel · Platteville, WI HCHG 99281 EMERGENCY SERVICE I $147.29 $286.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HBC EDTC LEVEL 1 CARE $150.01 $272.75 Mar 23, 2026
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Westfields Hospital New Richmond · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Emergency Room visit $159.90 $304.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 TYPE B VISIT $160.00 $320.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 TYPE B VISIT $160.00 $320.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 TYPE B VISIT $160.00 $320.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake Rice Lake · Rice Lake, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $162.45 $171.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Tomah Memorial Hospital Tomah · Sparta, WI Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $166.75 $290.00 Oct 28, 2026
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Gundersen Tri-County Hospital & Clinics Whitehall · Whitehall, WI HCHG 99281 EMERGENCY SERVICE I $168.64 $266.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics Friendship · Friendship, WI HCHG 99281 EMERGENCY SERVICE I $173.23 $341.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Indianhead Medical Center Shell Lake · Shell Lake, WI EMER DEPT SELF LIMITED/MINOR $184.00 $230.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ED LEVEL 1 $187.50 $375.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Stoughton Hospital Stoughton · Madison, WI Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $202.71 $368.56 Jun 11, 2026
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Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Pleasant Prairie · Kenosha, WI Emergency Department Visit Level 1 $202.77 $270.36 Jul 1, 2026
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Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior · Duluth, MN-WI FACILITY EMERGENCY LEVEL 1 VISIT $208.40 $282.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage · Madison, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Eagle River Hospital Eagle River · Eagle River, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Langlade Hospital Antigo · Antigo, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Medford Hospital Medford · Medford, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill · Merrill, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital Rhinelander · Rhinelander, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley · Eau Claire, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau · Wausau, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff · Woodruff, WI Fac Emergency Level I $215.15 $331.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center Hayward · Hayward, WI Facility Emergency Level 1 Visit $215.17 $226.49 Jan 26, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith Ladysmith · Ladysmith, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $220.40 $232.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Black River Memorial Hospital Black River Falls · Black River Falls, WI 99281 - Level 1 $222.30 $247.00 Jan 8, 2026
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Cumberland Memorial Hospital Cumberland · Rice Lake, WI ER LEVEL 1 $222.60 $222.60 Apr 16, 2026
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Spooner Health System Spooner · Spooner, WI FACILITY EMERGENCY LEVEL 1 VISIT $227.70 $253.00 Jul 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $230.85 $243.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Park Falls Park Falls · Park Falls, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $237.50 $250.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Edgerton · Janesville-Beloit, WI HC EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LEVEL 1 $237.98 $326.00 Jul 19, 2026
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Southwest Health Center Platteville · Platteville, WI HC EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LEVEL 1 $239.25 $319.00 Mar 27, 2026
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AdventHealth Durand Durand · Durand, WI HC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT LEVEL 1 $252.96 $252.96 Apr 1, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville Neillsville · Neillsville, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $259.35 $273.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $261.29 $493.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus Mequon · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $261.29 $493.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $261.29 $493.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Elmbrook Campus Brookfield · Brookfield, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $261.29 $493.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Franklin Campus Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $261.29 $493.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $261.29 $493.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua Minocqua · Minocqua, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $262.20 $276.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - River Region at Stevens Point Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $262.20 $276.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Weston Weston · Wausau, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $262.20 $276.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $263.34 $462.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus Appleton · Appleton, WI HC ER CARE LEVEL I $263.34 $462.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center Prairie Du Chien · Prairie Du Chien, WI Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $267.00 $267.00 Oct 22, 2026
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Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN HCHG VMH ER LEVEL I $317.00 $317.00 Nov 21, 2025
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Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $341.05 $359.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Burnett Medical Center Grantsburg · Grantsburg, WI Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $352.80 $441.00 Oct 2, 2026
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UnityPoint Health - Meriter Madison · Madison, WI HC ED LEVEL 1 VISIT $375.42 $469.27 Jan 28, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield Marshfield · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI ED VISIT LEVEL 1-TECH $475.95 $501.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 14 $62.50 $187.50
Green Bay, WI 6 $129.18 $136.62
Appleton, WI 4 $49.28 $80.22
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 4 $49.28 $77.14
Janesville-Beloit, WI 3 $68.40 $126.00
Madison, WI 3 $202.71 $215.15
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 $132.17 $145.32
Platteville, WI 3 $140.40 $147.29
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 3 $215.15 $215.15
Eau Claire, WI 2 $215.15 $223.00
Fond du Lac, WI 2 $49.28 $77.14
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 2 $139.92 $228.46
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI 2 $187.50 $187.50
Rice Lake, WI 2 $162.45 $192.52
Sheboygan, WI 2 $136.62 $162.06
Wausau, WI 2 $215.15 $238.68
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI 2 $123.02 $155.26
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 2 $215.15 $345.55
Antigo, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
Berlin, WI 1 $49.28 $49.28
Black River Falls, WI 1 $222.30 $222.30
Brookfield, WI 1 $261.29 $261.29
Baraboo, WI 1 $145.78 $145.78
Beaver Dam, WI 1 $341.05 $341.05
Durand, WI 1 $252.96 $252.96
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $208.40 $208.40
Eagle River, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
East Amery, WI 1 $90.72 $90.72
Friendship, WI 1 $173.23 $173.23
Grantsburg, WI 1 $352.80 $352.80
Hayward, WI 1 $215.17 $215.17
Kenosha, WI 1 $202.77 $202.77
Ladysmith, WI 1 $220.40 $220.40
Medford, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
Merrill, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
Minocqua, WI 1 $262.20 $262.20
Manitowoc, WI 1 $87.50 $87.50
Marinette, WI-MI 1 $62.50 $62.50
Neillsville, WI 1 $259.35 $259.35
New London, WI 1 $49.28 $49.28
Park Falls, WI 1 $237.50 $237.50
Prairie Du Chien, WI 1 $267.00 $267.00
Rhinelander, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
Shell Lake, WI 1 $184.00 $184.00
Spooner, WI 1 $227.70 $227.70
Shawano, WI 1 $49.28 $49.28
Sparta, WI 1 $166.75 $166.75
Tomahawk, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
Waupaca, WI 1 $49.28 $49.28
Whitehall, WI 1 $168.64 $168.64
Wild Rose, WI 1 $49.28 $49.28
Woodruff, WI 1 $215.15 $215.15
Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 1 $139.20 $139.20
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What level 1 ER visit is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Level 1 ER visit explained.

Emergency room visit, level 1 of 5, minor problem that may not need a doctor in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.