US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Minnesota

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$31,688typical hospital bill
$8,632typical amount paid
$6,935–$14,639range paid across 30 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,688 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 HospitalStillwater17$28,943$6,935
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia14$33,508$7,301
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids72$35,468$7,802
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji18$35,910$7,828
St Lukes HospitalDuluth49$24,885$7,828
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth111$30,444$7,855
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee15$32,411$8,093
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park71$31,206$8,133
Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing11$36,395$8,216
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood27$32,245$8,220
Fairview Lakes Health ServicesWyoming13$31,563$8,241
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd15$30,902$8,371
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis74$39,228$8,537
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul68$42,666$8,547
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville17$31,814$8,555
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo11$23,806$8,710
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale36$29,431$8,801
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina77$47,260$8,852
Alomere HealthAlexandria11$26,528$8,853
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato42$29,827$8,948
Centracare- Rice Memorial HospitalWillmar17$19,059$9,261
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea17$24,376$9,431
Regions HospitalSaint Paul66$33,853$9,598
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud87$25,768$9,963
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury12$33,640$10,394
Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont12$25,678$10,784
Winona Health ServicesWinona12$18,199$10,880
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis15$40,427$12,103
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester87$42,364$14,464
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis17$56,834$14,639

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.