US Health Care Costs

Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with Cc in Minnesota

MS-DRG 617: Amputation of lower limb for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders with cc

$50,702typical hospital bill
$16,096typical amount paid
$13,764–$28,487range paid across 9 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,702 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
St Lukes HospitalDuluth11$49,870$13,764
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth24$32,819$14,855
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood20$60,956$15,387
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park14$51,942$15,701
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids14$46,530$16,096
Regions HospitalSaint Paul16$58,978$19,038
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud11$40,516$19,422
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato11$50,702$25,894
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester17$88,315$28,487

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.