US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$60,334typical hospital bill
$19,254typical amount paid
$13,634–$28,793range paid across 18 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $60,334 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 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 Ridges HospitalBurnsville18$35,515$13,634
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia16$49,865$13,664
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids37$70,570$14,783
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood33$53,770$14,895
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth81$53,770$15,032
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park45$54,984$15,610
St Lukes HospitalDuluth52$47,727$16,351
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis70$78,504$17,354
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul46$90,593$19,246
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud76$41,811$19,262
Regions HospitalSaint Paul66$68,598$19,514
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina74$86,967$20,151
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato19$39,424$20,228
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale45$62,130$20,246
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji12$79,689$21,411
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis23$82,598$23,929
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester114$58,539$26,009
Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolis22$118,628$28,793

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.