Bowel Obstruction Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A blockage in the intestines that stops food and fluid from passing through. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel with intravenous fluids, and sometimes a tube through the nose to relieve pressure, while the blockage clears.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $8,392Cash pay $5,203 - 2
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $9,083Cash pay $7,993 - 3
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $10,314Cash pay $5,436 - 4
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $10,314Cash pay $5,436 - 5
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $12,670Cash pay $6,606 - 6
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $12,670Cash pay $6,606 - 7
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $12,670Cash pay $6,606 - 8
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $12,670Cash pay $6,606 - 9
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $13,650Cash pay $11,602 - 10
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $14,956Cash pay $9,722 - 11
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $15,633Cash pay $4,846Medicare pays (avg) $2,768 - 12
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $16,820Cash pay $11,672 - 13
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,731 - 14
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
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Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 24
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 26
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 35
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 36
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 37
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,213 - 40
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 47
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 48
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
12 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for bowel obstruction under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,392 to $16,820. The cheapest is Lakewood Health System in Staples; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $12,487.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. 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 bowel obstruction at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bowel obstruction admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 bowel obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 390 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.