US Health Care Costs

Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents in Minnesota

MS-DRG 321: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with mcc or 4+ arteries/

$122,214typical hospital bill
$25,522typical amount paid
$22,321–$46,071range paid across 15 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $122,214 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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 CenterDuluth88$90,456$22,321
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji18$92,542$22,459
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina34$132,878$24,344
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul36$169,284$24,421
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood30$121,383$24,548
St Lukes HospitalDuluth11$123,291$25,173
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis74$160,688$25,448
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd23$87,417$25,522
Regions HospitalSaint Paul32$128,064$25,984
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato29$98,035$26,730
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale26$86,534$27,142
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids37$157,151$28,623
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud60$99,279$30,328
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester85$122,214$37,420
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis12$202,641$46,071

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.