US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Minnesota

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$25,595typical hospital bill
$6,562typical amount paid
$5,773–$11,312range paid across 4 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,595 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids14$32,128$5,773
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis22$23,822$6,023
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud12$14,833$7,101
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester11$27,367$11,312

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.