AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA, INC
NPI 1043397177
General Acute Care Hospital in Marinette, WI

Q: What is Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, Inc's NPI number?

The NPI number for Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, Inc is 1043397177. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on November 1, 2006.

Q: What is Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, Inc's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, Inc have?

CMS rates Bay Area Medical Center 4 out of 5 stars overall on Care Compare, based on measures of safety, patient experience and outcomes. The full measure detail is in the Hospital Quality Ratings section above.

Active since November 01, 2006

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

3003 UNIVERSITY DR, MARINETTE, WI 54143(715) 735-1721 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: October 3, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: September 13, 2026.

Record update history: Apr 9, 2025, Oct 7, 2019, May 23, 2019 (3 updates tracked since 2019).

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About Aurora Medical Center Bay Area, Inc NPPES

Official registry information on file with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.

AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA, INC (NPI 1043397177) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Marinette, Wisconsin and active in the NPI registry since November 2006. The organization maintains a secondary practice location in Marinette and lists Kara Richardson, Svp Finance, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1043397177

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameAURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA, INC

Location Address3003 UNIVERSITY DRMarinette, WI 54143-4110

Mailing Address3301 W Forest Home AveMilwaukee, WI 53215-2843 · (414) 647-6326 · Fax (414) 389-1509

Phone(715) 735-1721

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialKara RichardsonSvp Finance · (704) 631-0450

Enumeration DateNovember 1, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateOctober 3, 20253 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedOctober 3, 2025

✔ NPI 1043397177 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 2

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

Definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

Also ListedClinic/Center · RehabilitationTaxonomy 261QR0400X

3003 UNIVERSITY DR, Marinette, WI 54143

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Secondary Practice Location 1

Location 13100 Shore DriveMarinette, WI 54143-4242 · Phone (715) 735-4200 · Fax (715) 735-1791

Other Identifiers 7

Medicaid1719117LA

Medicaid1711526TYPE30MI

Medicaid2564336OH

Medicaid1711544TYPE40MI

Medicaid70255300MN

Medicaid806019500ID

Medicaid11001400WI

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aspirus Health Plan, CareSource (Common Ground Healthcare) and more.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Bay Area Medical Center (CMS certification number 520113), from CMS Care Compare.

Bay Area Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Marinette, WI

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number520113

Location3003 University DrMarinette, WI 54143 · Marinette County · (715) 735-4200

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

3/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

4/5

Quietness

4/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

2/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 18

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

0.91 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.86 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.82 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

Cases too small to report

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.63 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

Cases too small to report

Infections 1

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

5 observed cases · 4.929 predicted · 14,844 patient days

1.014 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

222 No different than national

Rate of readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide)

657 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

Cases too small to report

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

186 No different than national

Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

87 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 17

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

98%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

100%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

81%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

87%

Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle

78%

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock

72%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

13%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

Providers registered at the same practice address, or within the immediate area, according to the NPPES registry.

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