Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.
State average
$56,901
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$41,386 – $98,755
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $41,386Cash pay $25,659 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $43,084Cash pay $22,705Medicare pays (avg) $29,841 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $43,084Cash pay $22,705 - 4
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $58,195Cash pay $40,382 - 5
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $98,755Cash pay $30,614Medicare pays (avg) $20,351 - 6
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,843 - 7
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 8
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 12Gross charge —
- 13
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,032 - 14Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,575
- 15
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 17
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 18
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,729 - 19
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 20
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 28
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 29
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 30
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,938 - 31
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,490 - 33
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $39,421 - 40
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,137
5 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $41,386 to $98,755. The cheapest is Lakewood Health System in Staples; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $56,901.
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 329 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.