Aspirus Wausau Hospital

Aspirus Wausau Hospital is the flagship of the Aspirus system that serves patients in 14 counties across northern and central Wisconsin, as well as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is licensed for 325 beds and staffed by 350 physicians in 35 specialties.

Aspirus Wausau Hospital provides primary, secondary and tertiary care services as a regional referral center. Specialty referral service emphasis exists in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics and cancer. The hospital has an average daily inpatient census of 160 with approximately 15,000 admissions per year. Outpatient visits exceed 50,000 and there are also more than 24,000 annual emergency department visits.

Best known for its world-class cardiovascular program, Aspirus Wausau Hospital also provides leading edge cancer, trauma, women’s health, and spine and neurological care.

In January 2019, Aspirus Wausau Hospital opened an eight-bed Clinical Decision Unit (CDU). The new unit aims to improve patient length-of-stay for observation and ambulatory patients throughout the hospital. 

The hospital is continually recognized nationally for the level of care it provides. Aspirus Wausau Hospital has earned high quality ratings or awards from prominent quality agencies such as HealthGrades, Thomson Reuters, Truven Health, Becker’s Hospital Review, Mission: Lifeline® and U.S. News & World Report.

About Aspirus Health

ASPIRUS HEALTH:We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities

Aspirus Health serves communities throughout northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

• We operate 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations, and provide home health services, hospice care, and air-medical transport.
• We employ nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• We are committed to being economically, socially, and environmentally responsible.
• We are a non-profit health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin.
• We are dedicated to delivering high-quality care to rural communities.