US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$28,183typical hospital bill
$7,547typical amount paid
$6,719–$12,808range paid across 28 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,183 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
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina29$43,213$6,719
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville40$38,824$6,949
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul54$34,649$6,966
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury14$35,966$6,973
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids60$31,439$6,991
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji16$31,062$6,994
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia21$33,548$7,075
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth57$25,962$7,135
St Lukes HospitalDuluth39$19,967$7,247
Maple Grove HospitalMaple Grove18$20,249$7,283
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee12$23,350$7,311
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park57$25,388$7,358
Owatonna HospitalOwatonna11$18,774$7,494
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato17$19,764$7,537
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood21$31,900$7,557
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis52$33,272$7,575
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale25$21,252$7,605
Allina Health Faribault Medical CenterFaribault15$14,428$7,988
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd15$30,403$8,175
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo11$17,039$8,390
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red WingRed Wing11$14,430$8,442
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud70$21,542$8,603
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea19$17,610$8,880
Regions HospitalSaint Paul38$32,212$8,885
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit LakesDetroit Lakes13$13,942$9,877
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis19$41,764$12,087
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis19$41,167$12,786
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester95$32,577$12,808

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.