Bowel surgery, with complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 330: Major small and large bowel procedures with cc

$69,192typical hospital bill

$20,113typical amount paid

$16,656–$34,101range paid across 18 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,192 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Lakeview Memorial Hospital	Stillwater	13	$52,376	$16,656
Mercy Hospital	Coon Rapids	20	$73,119	$17,771
M Health Fairview St John's Hospital	Maplewood	14	$99,858	$18,219
St Lukes Hospital	Duluth	23	$62,593	$18,430
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital	Saint Louis Park	28	$82,354	$18,549
Allina United Hospital	Saint Paul	25	$61,164	$18,624
Ridgeview Medical Center	Waconia	12	$60,114	$18,876
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital	Edina	33	$100,271	$19,823
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center	Duluth	43	$67,276	$19,874
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato	Mankato	21	$66,482	$20,352
Abbott Northwestern Hospital	Minneapolis	42	$80,927	$20,961
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital	Burnsville	16	$93,237	$21,510
Essentia Health Virginia	Virginia	11	$62,709	$21,634
Regions Hospital	Saint Paul	23	$70,987	$22,011
North Memorial Health Hospital	Robbinsdale	18	$67,397	$22,355
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital	Saint Cloud	43	$50,476	$23,194
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center	Minneapolis	31	$127,658	$27,144
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester	Rochester	298	$93,109	$34,101

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.