US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Minnesota

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$39,539typical hospital bill
$10,630typical amount paid
$8,692–$27,777range paid across 34 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,539 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 HospitalStillwater14$42,335$8,692
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia48$48,961$9,080
Essentia Health DuluthDuluth17$12,440$9,176
St Lukes HospitalDuluth96$32,524$9,680
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth145$33,966$9,696
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji32$44,979$9,702
Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing13$54,125$9,732
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids56$40,171$9,780
Maple Grove HospitalMaple Grove20$26,994$9,806
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood16$67,320$9,912
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd42$26,461$10,054
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville31$45,859$10,134
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee27$29,883$10,217
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale46$33,784$10,435
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul51$50,545$10,467
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis64$58,230$10,505
Grand Itasca Clinic and HospitalGrand Rapids26$53,689$10,607
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park55$51,707$10,653
Alomere HealthAlexandria24$34,007$10,695
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato22$47,251$10,811
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina28$77,172$11,049
Essentia Health VirginiaVirginia35$33,233$11,113
Centracare- Rice Memorial HospitalWillmar22$22,541$11,135
Cambridge Medical CenterCambridge13$21,269$11,184
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea16$31,402$11,496
Northfield HospitalNorthfield13$38,907$11,563
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud102$29,239$12,394
Regions HospitalSaint Paul57$43,382$12,415
Hutchinson HealthHutchinson21$18,197$12,482
Winona Health ServicesWinona11$26,647$13,257
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit LakesDetroit Lakes37$25,612$13,605
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis54$59,485$17,550
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester91$60,986$19,958
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis12$146,896$27,777

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.