Respiratory Failure Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$26,189
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$12,445 – $45,809
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $12,445Cash pay $6,558Medicare pays (avg) $9,031 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $12,445Cash pay $6,558Medicare pays (avg) $8,137 - 3
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $15,172Cash pay $9,862 - 4
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $16,174Cash pay $8,508Medicare pays (avg) $8,531 - 5
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $16,525Cash pay $11,467 - 6
North Valley Health Center
Warren, MN
Gross charge $18,264 - 7
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $20,119Cash pay $12,474 - 8
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $22,442Cash pay $14,587 - 9
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $23,632Cash pay $20,796 - 10
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $45,809Cash pay $16,129Medicare pays (avg) $7,527 - 11
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $45,809Cash pay $16,129Medicare pays (avg) $9,372 - 12
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $45,809Cash pay $16,129Medicare pays (avg) $11,318 - 13
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $45,809Cash pay $16,129 - 14
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,212 - 15
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,624 - 16
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,947 - 17
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,073 - 18
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,477 - 20Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,966
- 21
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,526 - 22Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,727
- 23
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,281 - 24
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,124 - 26
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,734 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $8,239 - 39
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,473 - 41
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,407 - 42
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,465 - 43
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
- 45
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,122 - 46
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,430 - 47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,282 - 48
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 49
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 50
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,259
13 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for respiratory failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $12,445 to $45,809. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Olivia Hospital & Clinic in Olivia. The state average sits at $26,189.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.