Stroke Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Madison Hospital
Madison, MN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $9,657 - 2
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $12,402Cash pay $10,914 - 3
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $14,758Cash pay $7,777Medicare pays (avg) $6,476 - 4
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $14,758Cash pay $7,777 - 5
Perham Health
Perham, MN
Gross charge $16,457Cash pay $10,697 - 6
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209Medicare pays (avg) $5,687 - 7
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209Medicare pays (avg) $7,536 - 8
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209 - 9
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $17,662Cash pay $9,209 - 10
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $18,212Cash pay $12,637 - 11
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $25,927Cash pay $16,075 - 12
Chippewa County Hospital
Montevideo, MN
Gross charge $30,831Cash pay $20,040 - 13
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $32,327Cash pay $10,021Medicare pays (avg) $6,039 - 14
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,083 - 15
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,736 - 16
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,221 - 17
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,656 - 18
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,986 - 19
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,741
- 21
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,838 - 22Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,435
- 23
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 25
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,058 - 26
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,378 - 27
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,142 - 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) $5,969 - 39
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,877 - 40
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,286 - 42
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 45
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,541 - 47
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 48
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,227 - 49
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,485
13 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for stroke under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $11,361 to $32,327. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $19,052.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.