US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$48,829typical hospital bill
$11,569typical amount paid
$10,397–$25,110range paid across 15 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,829 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul18$46,412$10,397
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville14$53,324$11,031
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth21$33,089$11,061
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina16$59,995$11,077
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park13$45,256$11,232
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale16$28,661$11,257
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis12$48,829$11,323
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids22$60,497$11,569
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood13$71,407$12,368
Regions HospitalSaint Paul27$41,040$13,624
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud19$35,319$13,921
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis33$78,520$18,799
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato13$39,737$20,154
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester39$64,486$20,842
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis11$80,951$25,110

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.