DRG 486 · Musculoskeletal

Knee Surgery for Infection Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals

An operation to treat an infected knee joint, often by washing out the joint or removing infected tissue. The stay includes the surgery and IV antibiotics.

State average
$65,849
gross charge · DRG 486
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$49,508 – $75,235
low to high
Lowest $49,508 Highest $75,235

7 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery for infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $49,508 to $75,235. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Olivia Hospital & Clinic in Olivia. The state average sits at $65,849.

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 knee surgery for infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling knee surgery for 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 knee surgery for infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 486 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital

    Robbinsdale, MN

    Gross charge $49,508
    Cash pay $26,091
  2. 2

    North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital

    Maple Grove, MN

    Gross charge $49,508
    Cash pay $26,091
  3. 3

    Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

    Saint Louis Park, MN

    Gross charge $60,989
    Cash pay $18,907
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    Lakeview Hospital

    Stillwater, MN

    Gross charge $75,235
    Cash pay $39,228
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    Regions Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    Gross charge $75,235
    Cash pay $39,228
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    Hutchinson Health

    Hutchinson, MN

    Gross charge $75,235
    Cash pay $39,228
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    Olivia Hospital & Clinic

    Olivia, MN

    Gross charge $75,235
    Cash pay $39,228
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    Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center

    Duluth, MN

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    Hennepin County Medical Center

    Minneapolis, MN

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    Alomere Health

    Alexandria, MN

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    Winona Health

    Winona, MN

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    Fairview Lakes Health Services

    Wyoming, MN

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    Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

    Grand Rapids, MN

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    M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

    Edina, MN

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    Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes

    Detroit Lakes, MN

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    Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

    Princeton, MN

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    M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital

    Burnsville, MN

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    M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital

    Maplewood, MN

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    M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

    Woodbury, MN

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    Rainy Lake Medical Center

    International Falls, MN

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    Kittson Healthcare

    Hallock, MN

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    St Gabriels Hospital

    Little Falls, MN

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    New Ulm Medical Center

    New Ulm, MN

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    Allina United Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $14,141
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    Essentia Health Virginia

    Virginia, MN

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    Sanford Bemidji Medical Center

    Bemidji, MN

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    Cambridge Medical Center

    Cambridge, MN

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    Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)

    Minneapolis, MN

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    Owatonna Hospital

    Owatonna, MN

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    Buffalo Hospital

    Buffalo, MN

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    Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids, MN

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