General Signs & Symptoms Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Symptoms such as pain, weakness, or fever that need hospital care before a clear diagnosis is made. The stay centers on observation and testing to find the cause, along with treatment of serious accompanying conditions.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $8,587Cash pay $5,959 - 2
Madelia Health
Madelia, MN
Gross charge $16,298Cash pay $12,223 - 3
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $18,938Cash pay $12,310 - 4
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $20,180Cash pay $13,117 - 5
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $25,474Cash pay $13,282 - 6
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $25,474Cash pay $13,282Medicare pays (avg) $9,691 - 7
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $25,474Cash pay $13,282 - 8
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $25,474Cash pay $13,282 - 9
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $28,820Cash pay $8,934 - 10
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $38,901Cash pay $34,233 - 11
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $40,431Cash pay $25,068 - 12
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 23
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 24
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 34
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 35
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 36
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 43
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 47
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
11 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for general signs & symptoms under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,587 to $40,431. The cheapest is Astera Health in Wadena; the most expensive is Lakewood Health System in Staples. The state average sits at $24,914.
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 general signs & symptoms 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 general signs & symptoms 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 general signs & symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 947 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.