WI · Acute Care - Veterans Administration
Milwaukee VA Medical Center
Milwaukee VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 4/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #709 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care - Veterans Administration
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
5000 W. NATIONAL AVENUE, Milwaukee, WI 53295
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating B+
- 4 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety C-
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Readmission Rates F
- 0 better / 3 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (4 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (6 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS Hospital Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, Milwaukee VA Medical Center ranks #709 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (4/5).
- #709
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 4/5
- overall star rating
- WI
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 52003F · WI 4/5★
STAR-4 · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · OWN-MIX · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-STRAIN
- STAR-4 4/5 stars
- UPPER-Q #709/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- OWN-MIX Veterans Health Administra…
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care - Veterans Admi…
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-STRAIN 3 below · 0 above
Nearest rated peer outside WI: Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MN (±0★)
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
Star-rating neighbourhood around Milwaukee VA Medical Center
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside WI, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
4 Top 37% higher than 63% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
Milwaukee VA Medical Center carries more below-average CMS measure cells
Hospital Compare shows 3 below-average cells versus 0 above-average across mortality, safety, and readmission - a STRAIN posture on the published measure stack.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(414) 384-2000
5000 W. NATIONAL AVENUE, Milwaukee, WI 53295
What to do with this hospital profile
Milwaukee VA Medical Center posts a STRAIN CMS measure sheet (3 below-avg cells). Compare WI peers and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for WI. WI profile
- Browse hospitals reporting Medicare data in WI. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Milwaukee VA Medical Center, all outside WI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside WI (4/5 here).
Similar Acute Care - Veterans Administration peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside WI.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside WI by CMS above/same/below cell totals (0/12/3 here · QUAL-STRAIN). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Milwaukee VA Medical Center rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
Milwaukee VA Medical Center beats 63% of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published CMS overall star rating, at 4/5 stars.
What type of hospital is Milwaukee VA Medical Center?
Milwaukee VA Medical Center is an acute care - veterans administration, veterans health administration ownership, located in Milwaukee, WI.
Does Milwaukee VA Medical Center publish machine-readable price data?
Milwaukee VA Medical Center does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.