Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$40,926typical hospital bill

$11,247typical amount paid

$9,557–$26,595range paid across 22 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,926 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital	Edina	20	$41,181	$9,557
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital	Woodbury	18	$31,150	$9,902
St Lukes Hospital	Duluth	30	$27,469	$10,093
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center	Bemidji	18	$41,749	$10,155
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital	Saint Louis Park	71	$43,064	$10,280
Allina United Hospital	Saint Paul	51	$34,958	$10,280
Mercy Hospital	Coon Rapids	65	$38,022	$10,298
Abbott Northwestern Hospital	Minneapolis	53	$44,370	$10,828
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center	Duluth	36	$43,420	$11,051
M Health Fairview St John's Hospital	Maplewood	27	$53,238	$11,085
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital	Grand Rapids	11	$47,325	$11,204
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato	Mankato	31	$38,439	$11,289
North Memorial Health Hospital	Robbinsdale	52	$37,085	$11,610
Maple Grove Hospital	Maple Grove	11	$40,670	$11,766
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center	Brainerd	12	$28,700	$11,847
Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital	Willmar	12	$19,676	$11,906
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital	Burnsville	18	$55,976	$12,300
Regions Hospital	Saint Paul	80	$40,339	$12,585
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital	Saint Cloud	84	$29,432	$13,167
Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester	Rochester	121	$51,780	$17,379
Hennepin County Medical Center	Minneapolis	38	$76,359	$24,702
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center	Minneapolis	43	$105,829	$26,595

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.