Heart Failure Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
The heart isn't pumping as strongly as it should, causing fluid buildup and shortness of breath. Treatment usually involves IV medicines to remove extra fluid and adjustments to heart medications.
State average
$12,611
gross charge · DRG 293
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$2,639 – $20,804
low to high
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($2,639 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 $2,639Cash pay $2,243 - 2
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $11,322Cash pay $7,359 - 3
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $13,233Cash pay $9,182 - 4
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $15,056Cash pay $9,334 - 5
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $20,804Cash pay $18,308 - 6
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 7
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 8
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 19
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 27
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 37
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 38
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 39
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge —
5 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for heart failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,639 to $20,804. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is LifeCare Medical Center in Roseau. The state average sits at $12,611.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 293 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.