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. A hospital stay usually involves oxygen, inhaled breathing treatments, and steroid or antibiotic medicines until breathing improves.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $6,843Cash pay $3,606 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $6,843Cash pay $3,606 - 3
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $7,063Cash pay $4,379 - 4
North Valley Health Center
Warren, MN
Gross charge $11,632 - 5
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $15,302Cash pay $9,946 - 6
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $18,774Cash pay $15,958 - 7
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $19,980Cash pay $13,864 - 8
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $32,012Cash pay $9,924Medicare pays (avg) $5,555 - 9
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 20
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 21
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 22
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 31
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 32
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 33
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,542 - 36
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,663 - 43
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,565
8 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for copd under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,843 to $32,012. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $14,806.
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 191 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.