Cellulitis Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$21,656
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$12,668 – $73,552
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $12,668Cash pay $6,663Medicare pays (avg) $5,053 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $12,776Cash pay $6,733Medicare pays (avg) $5,791 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $12,776Cash pay $6,733Medicare pays (avg) $5,141 - 4
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $13,642Cash pay $8,458 - 5
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $15,884Cash pay $10,324 - 6
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $17,888Cash pay $9,327 - 7
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $17,888Cash pay $9,327Medicare pays (avg) $6,470 - 8
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $17,888Cash pay $9,327 - 9
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $17,888Cash pay $9,327 - 10
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $18,538Cash pay $15,757 - 11
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $21,311Cash pay $14,787 - 12
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $28,830Cash pay $25,371 - 13
Madelia Health
Madelia, MN
Gross charge $73,552Cash pay $55,164 - 14
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,006 - 15
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,288 - 16
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,217 - 20Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,882
- 21
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,178 - 22Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,602
- 23
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,356 - 26
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,160 - 27
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,535 - 28
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 36
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 37
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,701 - 39
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,807 - 40
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,063 - 42
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,462 - 45
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,340 - 47
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 48
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,229
13 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $12,668 to $73,552. The cheapest is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park; the most expensive is Madelia Health in Madelia. The state average sits at $21,656.
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 603 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.