Premature Newborn Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$15,127
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$2,922 – $79,366
low to high
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($2,922 at Chippewa County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $2,922Cash pay $1,900 - 2
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $4,720Cash pay $2,927 - 3
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $5,386Cash pay $3,501 - 4
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $5,474Cash pay $4,817 - 5
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $7,551Cash pay $5,240 - 6
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $7,800Cash pay $4,111 - 7
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $7,800Cash pay $4,111 - 8
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $79,366Cash pay $24,603 - 9
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 20
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 21
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 22
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 30
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
8 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for premature newborn under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,922 to $79,366. The cheapest is Chippewa County Hospital in Montevideo; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $15,127.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Minnesota, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 792 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.