Wisconsin Hospital Costs are 5th Highest in the Country, More Than Three Times What Medicare Pays
Wisconsin has some of the highest hospital costs in the country according to a new report from RAND, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization. The new data, which was released on Monday, explains that hospitals in the Badger State charge 318 percent of Medicare rates – a typical baseline for measuring health care prices. The national average is 254 percent.
Notably, Wisconsin also has the highest hospital costs in the Midwest.
