W3985 County Road Nn, Elkhorn, WI, 53121 · (262) 741-2000
Beds
62
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$98.2M
FY 2025
Net income
$17.1M
Patient care margin 16.9%
Discharges
3,242
Occupancy 47.4%
Clinicians
317
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $98.2M | $81.7M | 16.9% | $17.1M | 3,242 | $3.8M | 27.5% | 7.2% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 6.9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.4% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.3% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $92.9M | $76.0M | 18.2% | $17.4M | 3,108 | $2.8M | 30.6% | 4.2% |
| 2023 | $87.0M | $73.2M | 15.9% | $15.3M | 2,785 | $2.5M | 31.1% | 3.3% |
| 2022 | $83.6M | $73.5M | 12.1% | $10.4M | 2,580 | $2.9M | 34.5% | 3.3% |
| 2021 | $83.3M | $66.7M | 19.9% | $17.1M | 2,428 | $2.1M | 31.7% | 3.2% |
| 2020 | $69.7M | $62.8M | 9.9% | $9.0M | 2,264 | $2.1M | 36.3% | 3.8% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.2% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.89 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.80 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 80% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 84% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 76% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 75% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 73% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 145 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 80% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 88% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 92% | US median 74% |
| 33 |
| $30,201.85 |
| $6,978.03 |
| $7,681.44 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 30 | $39,809.70 | $8,937.63 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 29 | $36,126.72 | $8,882.69 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 28 | $41,222.39 | $11,117.36 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 16 | $32,866.75 | $6,822.44 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 16 | $66,360.25 | $14,753.81 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 14 | $25,965.93 | $4,585.93 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 13 | $34,307.85 | $5,987.77 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 13 | $40,230.08 | $10,883.85 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 13 | $28,271.62 | $11,560.92 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $24,744.67 | $5,084.00 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $77,707.33 | $15,116.50 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 552 MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $34,251.17 | $6,796.50 | $7,114.44 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 153 | 146 | $2,022.98 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 51 | 51 | $4,323.55 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 30 | 24 | $1,428.73 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 28 | 28 | $3,738.77 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 26 | 26 | $1,526.21 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 24 | 21 | $2,612.24 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 21 | 20 | $1,443.33 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | 15 | 15 | $2,342.63 | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 15 | 15 | $2,592.39 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 13 | 13 | $2,425.42 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | 11 | $10,728.00 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5163 Level 3 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $1,105.91 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Elkhorn, WI with 62 beds, part of Advocate Health Care and a 5-star overall rating.
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn, WI has 62 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 99 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,242 inpatients that year, with 47.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Aurora Lakeland Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $98.2M and operating expenses of $81.7M, a margin on patient care of 16.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was $17.1M (17.3% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center is part of Advocate Health Care, a health system with 30 hospitals based in Oakbrook, IL. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Aurora Lakeland Medical Center provides emergency services.
317 Medicare clinicians list Aurora Lakeland Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, Aurora Lakeland Medical Center had 424 Medicare inpatient stays in 16 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 102 stays; Medicare paid $13,987.15 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $4,739 in payments to Aurora Lakeland Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($4,739 general and - for research) from 2 companies.