Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
State average
$9,474
gross charge · DRG 153
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$2,311 – $16,190
low to high
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($2,311 at Madison 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
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $2,311Cash pay $1,964 - 2
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $7,113Cash pay $4,410 - 3
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $10,387Cash pay $9,140 - 4
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $10,422Cash pay $5,492 - 5
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $10,422Cash pay $5,492 - 6
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $16,190Cash pay $5,019 - 7
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 8
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 13Gross charge —
- 14
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 18
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 19
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 20
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 29
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 30
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 31
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 43
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
6 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for ear & upper respiratory infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,311 to $16,190. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $9,474.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 153 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.