Joint Infection Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.
State average
$14,252
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$4,775 – $36,561
low to high
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($4,775 at Lakeview 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
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $4,775Cash pay $2,490 - 2
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $4,775Cash pay $2,490 - 3
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $4,775Cash pay $2,490 - 4
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $4,775Cash pay $2,490 - 5
Glacial Ridge Hospital
Glenwood, MN
Gross charge $7,545Cash pay $5,130 - 6
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $36,561Cash pay $19,268 - 7
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $36,561Cash pay $19,268 - 8
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 21
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
- 23
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 27
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 28
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 29
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 39
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 40
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 41
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge —
7 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for joint infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,775 to $36,561. The cheapest is Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater; the most expensive is North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital in Maple Grove. The state average sits at $14,252.
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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling joint infection 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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.