Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $41,772Cash pay $22,014Medicare pays (avg) $14,301 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $41,772Cash pay $22,014 - 3
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $44,054Cash pay $28,635 - 4
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $49,869Cash pay $30,919 - 5
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $49,892Cash pay $43,905 - 6
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $62,557Cash pay $43,408 - 7
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $82,494Cash pay $43,012Medicare pays (avg) $15,403 - 8
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $82,494Cash pay $43,012Medicare pays (avg) $18,757 - 9
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $82,494Cash pay $43,012 - 10
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $82,494Cash pay $43,012 - 11
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,097 - 12
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,579 - 17
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,675 - 20
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
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Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 24
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,877 - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,974
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Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,150 - 27
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,543 - 29
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 30
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,241 - 31
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,552 - 32
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
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Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 42
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 43
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 44
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 45
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,437 - 46
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
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10 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $41,772 to $82,494. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Olivia Hospital & Clinic in Olivia. The state average sits at $61,989.
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 major bowel 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 major bowel 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 330 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.