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Price Transparency

Price Estimates & Standard Charges

Hayward Area Memorial Hospital exists to care for our community, answering the needs of the people we serve. One of the ways we serve our patients is providing price transparency about the cost of healthcare to our patients.

We have resources to help you understand and compare costs so you can focus on what matters most– your wellbeing.

Price Estimates

Below you will find a few different tools that estimates the cost of your visit in the hospital and clinic for a variety of common procedures. Hayward Area Memorial Hospital is always working to provide the most accurate estimate based on the information that is available at the time of your request. The estimate is not a guarantee of final charges and the actual cost may vary based on your specific needs. Some things may affect charges at the time of the service, like additional treatments or services deemed necessary by the physician. Your insurer may also provide additional information which can affect final costs.

This out-of-pocket ESTIMATE does not include bills from medical specialists, including by not limited to: physician charges, anesthesiology charges, radiologist reading fees and pathologist fees.

Your estimate may also not include:

  • Exams and appointments before or after your (procedure/surgery)
  • Treatment related to complications
  • Education about your procedure or visits to a dietitian
  • Diagnostic tests in the lab and/or radiology (X-rays, CT scans, MRIs)
  • Unforeseen services deemed necessary by your provider

Charges from these medical specialists will be billed separately to you.

  • Pre-Procedure Office Visits
  • Post-Procedure Office Visits
  • Diagnostic Testing

Disclaimer: Our price estimate is not a guarantee of the charges or benefits for a service. Actual charges may differ due to the physician’s medical determination during a visit, complications, length of visit, medical coding changes or changes in a patient’s condition.

LINK TO EZ COST PRICE ESTIMATOR TOOL

Hayward EZCOST: https://ezcost.info/Hayward-Area-Memorial-Hospital

Hospital & Clinic Standard Charges

Hayward Area Memorial Hospital works with our patients to they can better understanding charges for a specific hospital and clinic services. We are committed to price transparency and providing you with that information.

The links below provide our hospital and clinic service charges in a machine readable format.

Note: A charge is defined as the dollar amount we set for a hospital service and does not include any discounts negotiated with insurance companies or government-sponsored health coverage.

LINK TO STANDARD MACHINE FILE

Hayward MOAD: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kw9m9VMGVadsKrYfHcIA2bfkC8vEcxpe/view?usp=share_link

If you have any other questions that would help you estimate the cost of you care or the amount you might owe for care, please contact our friendly patient financial services staff at
715-934-4267.

COVID-19
Here
you will find the standard charge for a COVID-19 diagnostic test.


Be an informed healthcare consumer

The following websites provide information about Wisconsin medical facilities.

PricePoint

Wisconsin PricePoint allows you to receive basic, facility-specific information about healthcare services and charges. The primary categories include: Inpatient Services, Outpatient Surgical and Diagnostic Services, Emergency/Urgent Care Services and other Hospital Outpatient Services

CheckPoint

CheckPoint provides reliable information about the quality and safety of care provided by individual Wisconsin hospitals. This includes a snapshot of performance in key areas, quality of care reports and a look at some of the achievements reached within Wisconsin hospitals.

Additional Resources


You Have the Right to…

Request a report that lists pricing and quality information from Hayward Area Memorial Hospital (HAMH) for the top 75 most common inpatient hospital stays and the top 75 most common outpatient surgical procedures performed in Wisconsin. This report will assume that the stays and procedures experienced no medical complications. The Top 75 report will include the following information in relation to these stays and procedures:

  • The median billed charged at HAMH.
  • The average allowable payment under Medicare at HAMH.
  • The average allowable payment from insurers, health plans and private, third party payers.
  • The report may be requested from one of the individuals listed on the right side of this page, or you can access the information by clicking here.

You may also request a good-faith estimate from your insurer or health plan for your total out of pocket costs relating to these stays or procedures according to your plan’s benefit terms. Please contact your insurer or health plan for more information.

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