Shoulder & Arm Joint Replacement Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to replace a major joint in the shoulder, elbow, or wrist — most often a total shoulder replacement — or to reattach part of an arm. The hospital stay covers the operation, pain control, and early physical therapy.
State average
$63,715
gross charge · DRG 483
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$44,365 – $93,620
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $44,365Cash pay $23,381 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $44,365Cash pay $23,381 - 3
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $60,380Cash pay $41,898 - 4
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $75,843Cash pay $23,511Medicare pays (avg) $17,394 - 5
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $93,620Cash pay $58,045 - 6
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 7
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 8
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 12Gross charge —
- 13
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,974 - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 17
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 18
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 19
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,969 - 20
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 28
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 29
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 30
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,585 - 31
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 35
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,142 - 40
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 42
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
5 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for shoulder & arm joint replacement under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $44,365 to $93,620. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Lakewood Health System in Staples. The state average sits at $63,715.
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 shoulder & arm joint replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling shoulder & arm joint replacement 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 shoulder & arm joint replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 483 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.