US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Procedures with Cc in Minnesota

MS-DRG 164: Major chest procedures with cc

$74,290typical hospital bill
$20,940typical amount paid
$18,800–$31,312range paid across 11 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,290 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 HospitalEdina18$91,908$18,800
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids15$88,992$19,075
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth13$70,735$19,086
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park12$92,587$20,597
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis24$74,290$20,653
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul26$66,870$20,940
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale14$67,534$23,786
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud13$53,851$24,438
Regions HospitalSaint Paul13$71,630$24,859
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis30$118,972$27,649
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester128$76,832$31,312

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.