US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 391: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc

$38,118typical hospital bill
$10,824typical amount paid
$9,745–$18,949range paid across 15 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,118 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 CenterDuluth25$28,903$9,745
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids32$36,632$9,812
St Lukes HospitalDuluth22$32,416$9,824
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury13$30,339$9,930
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood18$53,938$10,057
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis34$44,222$10,604
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato16$31,140$10,779
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park35$38,118$10,824
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul24$33,591$10,896
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina26$42,955$11,004
Regions HospitalSaint Paul35$47,608$12,699
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud20$22,939$13,034
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville17$64,118$14,872
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis29$87,285$18,686
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester82$51,312$18,949

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.