US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Minnesota

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$33,768typical hospital bill
$10,349typical amount paid
$8,287–$19,817range paid across 23 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,768 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
St Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee12$22,139$8,287
Mercy HospitalCoon Rapids34$33,768$8,519
M Health Fairview Ridges HospitalBurnsville33$34,220$8,603
M Health Fairview St John's HospitalMaplewood17$46,424$8,936
St Lukes HospitalDuluth27$25,037$8,961
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji27$35,694$9,028
Maple Grove HospitalMaple Grove15$25,156$9,103
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale23$32,706$9,236
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park30$35,276$9,784
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis18$58,041$10,074
M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina32$52,155$10,242
M Health Fairview Woodwinds HospitalWoodbury20$47,189$10,349
Centracare- Rice Memorial HospitalWillmar12$17,770$10,562
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato20$28,360$10,640
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red WingRed Wing11$22,500$10,738
Regions HospitalSaint Paul29$27,183$10,876
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea18$19,645$10,991
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth22$40,456$11,705
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul21$56,259$11,971
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud30$26,583$12,043
Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont13$13,900$12,394
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester72$44,270$17,778
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis35$78,431$19,817

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.