US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Mcc in Minnesota

MS-DRG 417: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with mcc

$77,650typical hospital bill
$18,903typical amount paid
$16,677–$28,102range paid across 8 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $77,650 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 CenterDuluth18$57,328$16,677
St Lukes HospitalDuluth11$52,185$17,425
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids12$61,686$17,813
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis15$76,392$18,776
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park13$89,639$19,030
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina13$102,741$21,963
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud12$90,930$28,088
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester28$78,908$28,102

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.