US Health Care Costs

North Shore Health

515 5th Ave West, Grand Marais, MN 55604 · (218) 387-3040

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

North Shore Health is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Grand Marais, Minnesota (Cook County), with 16 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.10 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

On this page:QualityThe money

Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.10listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
2 h 9 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
16beds

Quality and patient experience

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$91what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$73,176net income, all sources
−5.9%margin on patient care alone
$151,530cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$532,676unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
71full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.