US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Minnesota

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$29,194typical hospital bill
$6,215typical amount paid
$5,929–$10,900range paid across 6 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,194 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids12$29,490$5,929
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park19$31,096$6,051
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul11$28,898$6,148
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis11$25,079$6,282
Regions HospitalSaint Paul14$26,237$7,188
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester21$31,410$10,900

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.