Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, causing chest pain and shortness of breath. The hospital stay involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen if needed, and monitoring while the clot stabilizes.
Data notes for Minnesota
- The lowest published charge ($4,160 at Lakewood Health System) 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
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $4,160Cash pay $2,579 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $9,866Cash pay $5,199 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $9,866Cash pay $5,199 - 4
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $12,101Cash pay $8,397 - 5
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $13,754Cash pay $7,171 - 6
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $13,754Cash pay $7,171 - 7
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $13,754Cash pay $7,171 - 8
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $13,754Cash pay $7,171 - 9
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $18,264Cash pay $11,871 - 10
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $19,709Cash pay $6,110Medicare pays (avg) $4,875 - 11
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $38,050Cash pay $32,343 - 12
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,790 - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 23
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 24
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 34
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 35
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 36
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,009 - 37
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,262 - 46
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 47
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 48
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,985
11 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for pulmonary embolism under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,160 to $38,050. The cheapest is Lakewood Health System in Staples; the most expensive is Madison Hospital in Madison. The state average sits at $15,185.
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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 176 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.