COPD Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. Hospital care typically includes inhaled breathing treatments, steroids, oxygen if needed, and monitoring until breathing improves.
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($3,590 at Chippewa County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $3,590Cash pay $2,334 - 2
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $7,773Cash pay $4,819 - 3
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $8,939Cash pay $5,810 - 4
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $9,285Cash pay $7,892 - 5
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $14,800Cash pay $13,024 - 6
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $15,632Cash pay $4,846 - 7
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $17,113Cash pay $11,875 - 8
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —
- 15
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 19
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 20
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 21
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 30
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 31
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 43
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
7 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for copd under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,590 to $17,113. The cheapest is Chippewa County Hospital in Montevideo; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $11,019.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 192 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.