US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$36,955typical hospital bill
$9,909typical amount paid
$9,131–$23,744range paid across 21 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,955 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia12$31,945$9,131
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth41$27,345$9,180
St Lukes HospitalDuluth32$20,528$9,187
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji19$34,089$9,248
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury13$53,271$9,390
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul23$36,903$9,589
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville13$36,847$9,628
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park41$36,210$9,665
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd13$22,210$9,776
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids45$50,645$9,848
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis45$44,825$9,909
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato28$38,816$10,028
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina24$45,943$10,053
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood14$49,664$10,164
Grand Itasca Clinic and HospitalGrand Rapids12$54,718$10,327
Regions HospitalSaint Paul31$36,955$11,341
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud41$34,771$11,590
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale11$36,733$12,823
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis13$58,544$14,156
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester94$44,305$16,162
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis11$97,075$23,744

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.