C-Section Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$29,667
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$18,366 – $50,075
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $18,366Cash pay $11,938 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $23,635Cash pay $12,456 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $23,635Cash pay $12,456 - 4
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $24,612Cash pay $12,833 - 5
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $24,612Cash pay $12,833 - 6
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $24,612Cash pay $12,833 - 7
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $24,612Cash pay $12,833 - 8
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $33,157Cash pay $20,557 - 9
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $38,064Cash pay $24,742 - 10
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $40,958Cash pay $12,697 - 11
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $50,075Cash pay $34,747 - 12
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 23
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 24
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 34
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 35
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 36
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 43
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 47
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
11 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $18,366 to $50,075. The cheapest is Chippewa County Hospital in Montevideo; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $29,667.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Minnesota, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 786 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.