DRG 602 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals

A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.

State average
$20,589
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$6,696 – $44,709
low to high
Lowest $6,696 Highest $44,709

10 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,696 to $44,709. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $20,589.

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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Madison Hospital

    Madison, MN

    Gross charge $6,696
    Cash pay $5,692
  2. 2

    Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

    Saint Louis Park, MN

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $11,192
    Cash pay $5,887
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,899
  3. 3
    Gross charge $14,552
  4. 4

    North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital

    Robbinsdale, MN

    Gross charge $15,240
    Cash pay $8,031
  5. 5

    North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital

    Maple Grove, MN

    Gross charge $15,240
    Cash pay $8,031
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    Chippewa County Hospital

    Montevideo, MN

    Gross charge $16,226
    Cash pay $10,547
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    Gross charge $17,731
    Cash pay $10,993
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    Perham Health

    Perham, MN

    Gross charge $25,951
    Cash pay $16,868
  9. 9
    Gross charge $38,351
    Cash pay $33,749
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    Astera Health

    Wadena, MN

    Gross charge $44,709
    Cash pay $31,024
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    Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center

    Duluth, MN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,750
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    Hennepin County Medical Center

    Minneapolis, MN

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    Cambridge Medical Center

    Cambridge, MN

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    Alomere Health

    Alexandria, MN

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    Allina United Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $10,540
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    Winona Health

    Winona, MN

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    Fairview Lakes Health Services

    Wyoming, MN

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    Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)

    Minneapolis, MN

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    Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

    Grand Rapids, MN

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    Owatonna Hospital

    Owatonna, MN

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    Buffalo Hospital

    Buffalo, MN

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    M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

    Edina, MN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,725
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    M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank

    Minneapolis, MN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,752
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    Essentia Health Virginia

    Virginia, MN

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    Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes

    Detroit Lakes, MN

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    Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids, MN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,637
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    Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

    Princeton, MN

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    M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital

    Burnsville, MN

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    M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital

    Maplewood, MN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $14,206
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    M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

    Woodbury, MN

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    Kittson Healthcare

    Hallock, MN

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    St Gabriels Hospital

    Little Falls, MN

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    CHI St. Francis Health

    Breckenridge, MN

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    New Ulm Medical Center

    New Ulm, MN

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    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Duluth, MN

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