CMS certification 520177
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 3. Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 35 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 2,540 completed surveys, 24% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as very high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | WI | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 494 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 21 min | 4 h 35 min | 2 h 17 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 20 visits sampled | 5 h 45 min | 3 h 23 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 81,316 patients | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 148 patients | 43% | 72% | 65% |
How Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalThis hospital | 3/5 | 77% | 4 h 35 min | 5 better 3 worse |
| Ascension St Francis HospitalSame city | 3/5 | 59% | 2 h 16 min | 1 better 1 worse |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 71% | 2 h 52 min | 6 better 4 worse |
| Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeSame city | 3/5 | 62% | 2 h 47 min | 3 better |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin HospitalSame city | 5/5 | 68% | 2 h 4 min | 2 better 1 worse |
| Milwaukee VA Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 78% | — | 4 worse |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Milwaukee.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 6,659 cases | Too few cases | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 129 cases | Too few cases | 10.7% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 482 cases | Too few cases | 9.5% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 419 cases | Too few cases | 12.8% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 609 cases | Too few cases | 9.7% | 11.9% |
| COPD 150 cases | Too few cases | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 83 cases | Too few cases | 2.4% | 2.4% |
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.78 likely 0.48 – 1.09 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 27 cases | Too few cases | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 238 cases | No different | 186.28 per 1,000 likely 149.1 per 1,000 – 223.45 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 11,521 cases | Better | 0.12 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.51 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 13,152 cases | No different | 0.22 per 1,000 likely 0.05 per 1,000 – 0.39 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 13,985 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.34 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 2,975 cases | No different | 2.53 per 1,000 likely 1.38 per 1,000 – 3.69 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 165 cases | No different | 1.54 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.21 per 1,000 | 1.67 per 1,000 |
| Breathing failure after surgery 164 cases | No different | 6.29 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 14.62 per 1,000 | 9.42 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 3,884 cases | No different | 4.31 per 1,000 likely 2.89 per 1,000 – 5.73 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Sepsis after surgery 164 cases | No different | 4.5 per 1,000 likely 0.47 per 1,000 – 8.53 per 1,000 | 5.27 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 1,016 cases | No different | 2.17 per 1,000 likely 0.9 per 1,000 – 3.44 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 2,798 cases | No different | 1.73 per 1,000 likely 0.99 per 1,000 – 2.48 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | Better | 0.68 likely 0.44 – 1 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | Better | 0.4 likely 0.25 – 0.61 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 1.23 likely 0.8 – 1.81 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 1.62 likely 0.52 – 3.91 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.92 likely 0.57 – 1.43 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.59 likely 0.48 – 0.73 | 1 |
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 271 cases | Too few cases | 14.3% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 1,248 cases | Too few cases | 21.3% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 858 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 474 cases | Too few cases | 21.2% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 150 cases | Too few cases | 9.4% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 27 cases | Too few cases | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 144 cases | Too few cases | 11.3 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 550 cases | Too few cases | 15 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 439 cases | Too few cases | 21.1 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,074 cases | No different | 11.1 per 1,000 likely 8.5 per 1,000 – 14.6 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 1,155 cases | Worse | 14.3 per 100 likely 12.5 per 100 – 16.4 per 100 | 10.7 per 100 |
| ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 1,155 cases | No different | 5.5 per 100 likely 4.5 per 100 – 6.8 per 100 | 5.4 per 100 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 1,103 cases | No different | 1.1 likely 0.9 – 1.3 | — |
1 more measure had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
2,973 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 155 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Physician Assistant | 292 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 176 |
| Anesthesiology | 165 |
| Pharmacist | 162 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 143 |
| Emergency Medicine | 135 |
| Family | 122 |
| Hospitalist | 122 |
| Acute Care | 98 |
| Internal Medicine | 74 |
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 66 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 64 |
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Money from drug and device companies
Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.
- 2019 $412,785
- 2020 $625,179
- 2021 $400,890
- 2022 $785,125
- 2023 $323,647
- 2024 $2.6M
- 2025 $3.2M
What the 2025 general payments were for
| Type of payment | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Medical devices and supplies on long-term loan | $20,700 | 17 |
| Space rental and facility fees | $13,860 | 5 |
| Debt forgiveness | $10,915 | 3 |
| Speaking, teaching and other services | $5,775 | 18 |
| Education | $2,195 | 1 |
| Gifts | $1,650 | 6 |
| Consulting fees | $147 | 1 |
Largest paying companies, 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi US Services INC. | $1.6M | 15 |
| Genzyme Corporation | $785,535 | 5 |
| Elekta Limited | $178,182 | 6 |
| Pfizer INC. | $170,398 | 9 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $132,606 | 29 |
| Luminex Corporation | $131,134 | 4 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Company LTD | $75,327 | 4 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $52,128 | 3 |
Largest research studies funded here, 2025
| Study | Amount |
|---|---|
| Pooled Study for Isatuximab SANOFI US SERVICES INC. | $1.3M |
| Combination post-transplant consolidation therapy with Isatuximab, lenalidomide, dexamethasone (IsaRD) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients w… GENZYME CORPORATION | $481,064 |
| A RANDOMIZED DOUBLEBLIND PHASE 3 STUDY OF TUCATINIB OR PLACEBO IN COMBINATION WITH TRASTUZUMAB AND PERTUZUMAB AS MAINTENANCE THERAPY FOR METASTATIC H… PFIZER INC. | $170,398 |
| Evaluation of improved CBCT images and deep-learning model based synthetic CT generation for online adaptive radiotherapy Elekta Limited | $86,789 |
| DS1471-079 Daiichi Sankyo Company LTD · NCT06074705 | $75,327 |
| Verigene II GI/GI-2 Luminex Corporation | $73,636 |
| A Phase 2a/2b, Open-label, Proof of Concept (Phase 2a) and Open-label (Phase 2b), Multicenter, Efficacy, and Safety Study of AG-946 in Participants W… Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $52,128 |
| POST-OP RECOVERY - OREXIN Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | $49,052 |
Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Is Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital a good hospital?
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 25 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 5 and worse on 3. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital?
77% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 2,540 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 4 h 35 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with very high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 21 min. 6% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
Does Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital receive money from drug and device companies?
Drug and device makers reported $3.2M in payments to Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital for 2025, most of it research funding, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.