Health system based in La Crosse, WI · 9 hospitals in IA, MN, WI
Hospitals
9
9 general acute care
Beds
674
3 states
Net patient revenue
$2.90B
FY 2025, hospitals only
Net income
$198.8M
Patient care margin 19.4%
Clinicians
1,796
Medicare clinicians at its hospitals
Average stars
4.33 of 5
Rated hospitals
Sum over member hospitals with a cost report that year
9 hospitals in 3 states. Zoom, drag, or use the buttons.
How each hospital is linked to the system: by the home office it reports or by the official ownership records (current ownership wins over older records).
| Hospital | Type | Beds | Stars | Net patient revenue | Patient care margin | Linked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center La Crosse, WI | Short-term acute care | 266 | 4 of 5 | $1.74B |
From a 2023 list of US health systems; counts include clinics and other sites that are not hospitals.
Medicare group practices whose ID or NPI belongs to a system hospital or its parent organization
Member hospitals, 2024
| Group | Hospitals | Cases | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 1 | 1,584 | $2.6M |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 2 | 1,031 | $2.0M |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 2 | 663 | $787K |
Official US government data (hospital ownership records, cost reports and quality ratings), linked by CCN, NPI and ownership keys. Financial totals add up the system's hospitals only.
| 25.0% |
| Home office and ownership records |
| Bellin Memorial Hospital Green Bay, WI | Short-term acute care | 259 | 4 of 5 | $827.5M | 14.6% | Home office and ownership records |
| Gundersen Tri-County Hospital & Clinics Whitehall, WI | Critical access | 25 | Not rated | $39.8M | -0.8% | Home office and ownership records |
| Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics Boscobel, WI | Critical access | 25 | Not rated | $35.8M | 6.3% | Home office and ownership records |
| Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics Friendship, WI | Critical access | 25 | Not rated | $25.9M | -3.5% | Ownership records |
| Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro, WI | Critical access | 25 | Not rated | $46.9M | 11.2% | Home office and ownership records |
| Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics West Union, IA | Critical access | 25 | 5 of 5 | $44.5M | -0.7% | Home office and ownership records |
| St Elizabeth Medical Center Wabasha, MN | Critical access | 14 | Not rated | $45.8M | -5.8% | Home office and ownership records |
| Bellin Health Oconto Hospital Oconto, WI | Critical access | 10 | Not rated | $94.1M | 3.4% | Home office and ownership records |
| 2 |
| 584 |
| $799K |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 2 | 520 | $5.3M |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 2 | 476 | $237K |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 2 | 432 | $654K |
| DRG 871 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 2 | 348 | $5.0M |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 2 | 327 | $693K |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 2 | 314 | $729K |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 2 | 306 | $1.5M |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 2 | 243 | $612K |
Gundersen Health System is a nonprofit health system with 9 hospitals and 674 beds, based in La Crosse, WI.
Gundersen Health System has 9 hospitals (9 general acute care) in 3 states, most of them in Wisconsin (7), Iowa (1), Minnesota (1), with 674 beds in total. Its largest hospital is Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI.
Its hospitals reported $2.90B in net patient revenue and $198.8M in net income in fiscal year 2025 (9 hospitals with a cost report that year). The margin on patient care was 19.4%. These are hospital figures; the whole organization's results also include clinics, insurance plans and other businesses.
Gundersen Health System is a nonprofit health system based in La Crosse, WI; it is not owned by a listed company.
1,796 Medicare clinicians list one of its hospitals as a place they work. In 2023 the system had about 730 physicians, 270 of them in primary care, plus 263 nurse practitioners and 212 physician assistants.
The rated hospitals of Gundersen Health System average 4.33 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings.