US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Minnesota

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$20,878typical hospital bill
$6,930typical amount paid
$5,579–$10,899range paid across 34 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $20,878 for this stay in 2024, about 3.0 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
Lakeview Memorial HospitalStillwater18$18,755$5,579
Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia33$32,057$5,965
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids46$27,092$6,129
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina32$35,974$6,154
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth25$18,726$6,254
St Lukes HospitalDuluth28$19,850$6,276
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury18$31,846$6,355
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji20$27,624$6,387
Maple Grove HospitalMaple Grove13$21,126$6,488
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul64$28,889$6,567
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd18$19,536$6,569
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee24$15,869$6,607
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park82$25,962$6,649
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale39$22,849$6,722
Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing12$35,391$6,854
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood21$33,978$6,899
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis42$29,884$6,904
Essentia Health VirginiaVirginia19$20,629$6,957
Owatonna HospitalOwatonna21$17,624$7,030
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville24$30,488$7,039
Grand Itasca Clinic and HospitalGrand Rapids13$23,138$7,043
Centracare- Rice Memorial HospitalWillmar11$15,294$7,329
Allina Health Faribault Medical CenterFaribault18$13,881$7,401
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato23$17,295$7,532
Regions HospitalSaint Paul40$26,117$7,703
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea21$16,215$7,715
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo15$15,939$7,844
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud41$16,898$7,945
Hutchinson HealthHutchinson19$14,989$8,163
Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont23$15,654$8,654
Winona Health ServicesWinona23$18,774$8,689
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit LakesDetroit Lakes16$19,290$8,877
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis28$28,532$9,038
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester105$28,643$10,899

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.