Bone & Joint Disease Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A painful flare-up of a bone or joint condition, such as severe arthritis, gout, or a bone disorder, managed without surgery. The stay usually involves pain control, medications, imaging, and physical therapy to get moving again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $15,326Cash pay $10,635 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $15,732Cash pay $8,291 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $15,732Cash pay $8,291 - 4
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $16,385Cash pay $10,650 - 5
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 6
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 7
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 8
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $18,730Cash pay $9,766 - 9
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $36,254Cash pay $22,478 - 10
Madelia Health
Madelia, MN
Gross charge $59,439Cash pay $44,579 - 11
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,498 - 20
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
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Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 24
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
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Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,272 - 29
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 30
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 31
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 32
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 42
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 43
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 44
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 45
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —
10 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for bone & joint disease under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $15,326 to $59,439. The cheapest is Astera Health in Wadena; the most expensive is Madelia Health in Madelia. The state average sits at $23,379.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bone & joint disease at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone & joint disease in Minnesota, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Minnesota hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bone & joint disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 554 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.