Pneumonia Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
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Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502Medicare pays (avg) $4,448 - 2
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502Medicare pays (avg) $5,871 - 3
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502 - 4
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $10,552Cash pay $5,502 - 5
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $10,629Cash pay $6,590 - 6
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $10,949Cash pay $9,307 - 7
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $12,427Cash pay $6,549Medicare pays (avg) $5,124 - 8
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $12,427Cash pay $6,549 - 9
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $13,668Cash pay $8,884 - 10
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $17,728Cash pay $15,601 - 11
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $18,639Cash pay $12,933 - 12
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $21,157Cash pay $6,559Medicare pays (avg) $4,821 - 13
North Valley Health Center
Warren, MN
Gross charge $21,281 - 14
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $27,321Cash pay $17,758 - 15
Madelia Health
Madelia, MN
Gross charge $35,901Cash pay $26,926 - 16
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,683 - 17
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 18
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 20
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,946 - 22Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,968
- 23
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,672 - 24Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,242
- 25
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 27
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 28
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 29
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 36
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 38
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, 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) $5,024 - 41
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,292 - 43
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,013 - 45
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 48
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 49
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,112 - 50
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,169 - 51
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,223 - 52
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,027
15 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for pneumonia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,552 to $35,901. The cheapest is Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater; the most expensive is Madelia Health in Madelia. The state average sits at $16,289.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.