Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.
State average
$35,425
gross charge · DRG 419
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$20,392 – $58,256
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $20,392Cash pay $10,746 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $20,392Cash pay $10,746 - 3
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $30,078Cash pay $18,649 - 4
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $33,080Cash pay $21,502 - 5
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $40,990Cash pay $28,443 - 6
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $44,791Cash pay $13,885Medicare pays (avg) $7,246 - 7
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $58,256Cash pay $37,866 - 8
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,338 - 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $20,392 to $58,256. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Chippewa County Hospital in Montevideo. The state average sits at $35,425.
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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 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.