US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$27,982typical hospital bill
$8,130typical amount paid
$6,945–$13,107range paid across 15 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,982 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park13$37,453$6,945
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth18$17,094$6,990
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood18$32,859$7,110
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji16$30,071$7,155
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis27$34,411$7,461
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids24$27,982$7,475
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville21$44,008$8,020
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul38$41,797$8,130
Regions HospitalSaint Paul26$26,921$8,461
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale24$23,867$8,480
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud16$18,110$8,677
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea11$17,438$8,712
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis27$36,254$10,383
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato11$26,025$12,225
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester35$27,962$13,107

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.