US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$66,440typical hospital bill
$19,086typical amount paid
$15,389–$32,811range paid across 18 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $66,440 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
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia31$65,282$15,389
Lakeview Memorial HospitalStillwater11$51,940$15,406
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji13$50,371$16,110
St Lukes HospitalDuluth15$57,150$16,324
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul36$88,341$16,892
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids28$86,644$17,168
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville14$49,488$17,826
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park24$67,441$18,264
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth64$65,440$18,811
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis108$88,366$19,361
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina34$85,402$19,409
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale21$63,457$19,489
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood26$91,589$19,677
Regions HospitalSaint Paul41$82,690$20,169
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud41$53,552$20,901
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato25$61,435$21,765
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester94$83,269$31,165
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis35$170,274$32,811

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.