Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $18,820Cash pay $16,561 - 2
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $22,149Cash pay $13,732 - 3
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $25,969Cash pay $13,660Medicare pays (avg) $35,232 - 4
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $29,703Cash pay $15,654Medicare pays (avg) $35,520 - 5
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $29,703Cash pay $15,654Medicare pays (avg) $32,592 - 6
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $36,530Cash pay $19,047Medicare pays (avg) $28,839 - 7
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $36,530Cash pay $19,047Medicare pays (avg) $43,369 - 8
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $36,530Cash pay $19,047 - 9
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $36,530Cash pay $19,047 - 10
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,491 - 11
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $65,275 - 12
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,918 - 16
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,350 - 19
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 20
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 23
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $41,454 - 24Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $64,740
- 25
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,899 - 28
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 29
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,229 - 30
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,708 - 31
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 41
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 42
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 43
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 44
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,984
9 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for infection requiring surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $18,820 to $36,530. The cheapest is LifeCare Medical Center in Roseau; the most expensive is Olivia Hospital & Clinic in Olivia. The state average sits at $30,274.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.