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
$42,521
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$26,857 – $58,195
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $26,857Cash pay $14,127Medicare pays (avg) $20,351 - 2
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $41,386Cash pay $25,659 - 3
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $43,084Cash pay $22,705Medicare pays (avg) $29,841 - 4
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $43,084Cash pay $22,705 - 5
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $58,195Cash pay $40,382 - 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
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,490 - 12
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $39,421 - 15
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 19
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,032 - 20Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,575
- 21
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,137 - 24
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,729 - 27
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 37
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 38
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 39
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 40
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,938 - 41
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge —
5 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $26,857 to $58,195. The cheapest is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $42,521.
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.