US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 418: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with cc

$53,736typical hospital bill
$13,295typical amount paid
$12,399–$20,386range paid across 11 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $53,736 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 CenterDuluth24$53,766$12,399
St Lukes HospitalDuluth19$48,826$12,432
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids18$53,867$12,501
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul11$46,881$12,866
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park18$52,871$13,266
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis23$58,795$13,295
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville12$53,736$13,626
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato17$42,563$15,206
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud34$44,887$15,904
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood14$65,532$16,007
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester44$62,156$20,386

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.