Muscle & Joint Symptoms Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Pain or other symptoms in the muscles, bones, or joints that need hospital evaluation. The stay usually involves imaging and tests to find the cause, along with pain management.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $5,377Cash pay $4,731 - 2
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $7,566Cash pay $5,250 - 3
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $10,817Cash pay $9,194 - 4
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $11,853Cash pay $7,349 - 5
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $12,483Cash pay $8,114 - 6
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $14,947Cash pay $7,877 - 7
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $14,947Cash pay $7,877 - 8
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466 - 9
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466Medicare pays (avg) $5,972 - 10
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466 - 11
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $18,154Cash pay $9,466 - 12
North Valley Health Center
Warren, MN
Gross charge $20,559 - 13
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $24,490Cash pay $7,592Medicare pays (avg) $5,268 - 14
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
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M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
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Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 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 — - 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
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 36
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 37
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 47
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 48
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
13 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for muscle & joint symptoms under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,377 to $24,490. The cheapest is LifeCare Medical Center in Roseau; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $15,050.
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 muscle & joint symptoms at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling muscle & joint symptoms 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 muscle & joint symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 556 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.