US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Minnesota

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$63,642typical hospital bill
$16,840typical amount paid
$14,730–$26,301range paid across 20 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,642 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Lakeview Memorial HospitalStillwater26$50,131$14,730
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia13$54,578$14,913
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina34$74,438$15,453
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul20$73,534$15,498
St Lukes HospitalDuluth20$54,008$15,690
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville13$71,784$15,861
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury13$77,821$16,110
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth55$52,304$16,373
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park50$61,762$16,561
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids50$69,418$16,610
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji15$48,260$17,071
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis21$81,432$17,645
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale13$76,507$18,271
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd17$50,682$18,390
Alomere HealthAlexandria14$52,700$18,412
Regions HospitalSaint Paul18$65,523$19,002
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato30$50,762$19,234
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud32$55,465$20,301
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester69$71,469$25,511
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis15$81,054$26,301

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.