US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in Minnesota

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$57,184typical hospital bill
$14,118typical amount paid
$12,252–$32,834range paid across 9 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,184 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth18$29,946$12,252
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park32$48,935$12,560
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids22$57,184$13,026
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis16$48,496$14,012
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul16$59,192$14,118
Regions HospitalSaint Paul15$65,579$16,612
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud17$45,069$17,361
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale29$107,624$23,804
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester22$70,902$32,834

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.