Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $10,712Cash pay $9,105 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $35,741Cash pay $18,836 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $35,741Cash pay $18,836 - 4
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $44,146Cash pay $23,221Medicare pays (avg) $11,466 - 5
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $62,502Cash pay $38,751 - 6
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $74,174Cash pay $48,213 - 7
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $95,494Cash pay $66,263 - 8
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,207 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $12,142 - 16Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,243
- 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $12,009 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $12,408 - 33
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,490 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $14,925 - 40
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,945 - 41
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,788 - 42
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,238 - 43
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,352
7 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for hip & knee replacement under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,712 to $95,494. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $51,216.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement in Minnesota, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.