US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$46,596typical hospital bill
$12,666typical amount paid
$10,196–$24,737range paid across 19 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,596 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
Lakeview Memorial HospitalStillwater12$29,904$10,196
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul27$46,758$11,015
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids49$47,100$11,101
St Lukes HospitalDuluth53$36,500$11,159
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood30$67,060$11,430
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park41$36,554$11,602
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth48$35,435$11,923
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville24$45,914$11,957
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina35$61,661$12,276
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato32$40,298$12,666
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia12$38,324$12,741
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red WingRed Wing13$21,057$12,958
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis37$58,450$13,028
Regions HospitalSaint Paul43$46,596$14,023
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale32$52,684$14,333
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud42$32,373$14,470
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis19$63,743$18,837
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis31$87,689$21,598
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester77$70,974$24,737

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.