US Health Care Costs

Seizures in Minnesota

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$31,309typical hospital bill
$7,910typical amount paid
$7,042–$16,189range paid across 13 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,309 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 CenterDuluth17$21,154$7,042
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale19$21,809$7,465
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina15$35,714$7,661
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park33$28,622$7,723
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul29$30,519$7,759
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids19$24,331$7,849
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis59$31,309$7,910
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood13$48,140$8,729
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud26$17,334$8,862
Regions HospitalSaint Paul33$39,627$8,943
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis20$45,030$11,115
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis13$50,134$15,355
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester40$48,188$16,189

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.