DRG 065 · Nervous System

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.

State average
$17,919
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$11,361 – $30,831
low to high
Lowest $11,361 Highest $30,831

13 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for stroke under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $11,361 to $30,831. The cheapest is Madison Hospital in Madison; the most expensive is Chippewa County Hospital in Montevideo. The state average sits at $17,919.

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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Madison Hospital

    Madison, MN

    Gross charge $11,361
    Cash pay $9,657
  2. 2
    Gross charge $12,402
    Cash pay $10,914
  3. 3

    North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital

    Robbinsdale, MN

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $14,758
    Cash pay $7,777
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,476
  4. 4

    North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital

    Maple Grove, MN

    Gross charge $14,758
    Cash pay $7,777
  5. 5

    Perham Health

    Perham, MN

    Gross charge $16,457
    Cash pay $10,697
  6. 6

    Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

    Saint Louis Park, MN

    71 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,594
    Cash pay $9,254
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,039
  7. 7

    Lakeview Hospital

    Stillwater, MN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,687
  8. 8

    Regions Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    66 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,536
  9. 9

    Hutchinson Health

    Hutchinson, MN

    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
  10. 10

    Olivia Hospital & Clinic

    Olivia, MN

    Gross charge $17,662
    Cash pay $9,209
  11. 11

    Astera Health

    Wadena, MN

    Gross charge $18,212
    Cash pay $12,637
  12. 12
    Gross charge $25,927
    Cash pay $16,075
  13. 13

    Chippewa County Hospital

    Montevideo, MN

    Gross charge $30,831
    Cash pay $20,040
  14. 14

    Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center

    Duluth, MN

    111 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,083
  15. 15

    Hennepin County Medical Center

    Minneapolis, MN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,736
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    Cambridge Medical Center

    Cambridge, MN

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Alomere Health

    Alexandria, MN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,221
  19. 19

    Allina United Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    68 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,877
  20. 20

    Winona Health

    Winona, MN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,656
  21. 21

    Fairview Lakes Health Services

    Wyoming, MN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,986
  22. 22

    Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)

    Minneapolis, MN

    74 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,541
  23. 23

    Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

    Grand Rapids, MN

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  24. 24

    Owatonna Hospital

    Owatonna, MN

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd)

    Brainerd, MN

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,741
  26. 26

    Buffalo Hospital

    Buffalo, MN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,227
  27. 27

    M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

    Edina, MN

    77 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,838
  28. 28

    M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank

    Minneapolis, MN

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,435
  29. 29

    Essentia Health Virginia

    Virginia, MN

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes

    Detroit Lakes, MN

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids, MN

    72 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,485
  32. 32

    Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

    Princeton, MN

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital

    Burnsville, MN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,058
  34. 34

    M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital

    Maplewood, MN

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,378
  35. 35

    M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

    Woodbury, MN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,142
  36. 36
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  39. 39

    Kittson Healthcare

    Hallock, MN

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  44. 44
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  45. 45

    St Gabriels Hospital

    Little Falls, MN

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  46. 46

    CHI St. Francis Health

    Breckenridge, MN

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  47. 47

    New Ulm Medical Center

    New Ulm, MN

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Duluth, MN

    49 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,969

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