Kidney Stones Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Stones in the kidney or urinary tract causing pain, blockage, or infection, managed without major surgery during this stay. Care typically involves pain control, IV fluids, and imaging to track the stone.
State average
$10,574
gross charge · DRG 694
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$2,583 – $18,071
low to high
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($2,583 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 $2,583Cash pay $2,196 - 2
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $7,192Cash pay $4,675 - 3
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $7,624Cash pay $4,018 - 4
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $7,624Cash pay $4,018 - 5
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $11,955Cash pay $7,412 - 6
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $13,246Cash pay $4,106 - 7
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $16,299Cash pay $14,343 - 8
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $18,071Cash pay $12,540 - 9
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 20
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 21
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 22
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 31
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 32
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 33
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,113 - 42
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 43
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
8 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for kidney stones under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,583 to $18,071. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $10,574.
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 kidney stones 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 kidney stones 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 kidney stones in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 694 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.