Stroke Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $7,932Cash pay $5,504 - 2
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $13,040Cash pay $6,872Medicare pays (avg) $15,793 - 3
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $13,040Cash pay $6,872 - 4
LifeCare Medical Center
Roseau, MN
Gross charge $24,102Cash pay $21,210 - 5
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $34,811Cash pay $18,150 - 6
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $34,811Cash pay $18,150Medicare pays (avg) $17,094 - 7
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $34,811Cash pay $18,150 - 8
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $34,811Cash pay $18,150 - 9
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $46,038Cash pay $28,543 - 10
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $49,521Cash pay $15,352Medicare pays (avg) $13,405 - 11
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,716 - 12
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,325 - 13
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,451 - 19Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,274
- 20
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 22
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,184 - 23
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,491 - 24
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 28
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 29
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 30
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 33
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 34
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 35
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,974 - 36
Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics
Litchfield, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,008 - 38
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,187 - 40
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 43
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 44
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,501 - 45
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 46
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 47
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,970
10 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for stroke under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,932 to $49,521. The cheapest is Astera Health in Wadena; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $29,292.
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 064 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.