Substance Use Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug dependence, often to manage withdrawal, without a formal rehabilitation program during the stay. Care typically involves medications to ease withdrawal safely, monitoring, and treatment of related medical problems.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $11,494Cash pay $6,046Medicare pays (avg) $12,404 - 2
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $11,776Cash pay $7,301 - 3
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $14,577Cash pay $7,682Medicare pays (avg) $13,321 - 4
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $14,577Cash pay $7,682 - 5
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater, MN
Gross charge $18,965Cash pay $9,888 - 6
Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge $18,965Cash pay $9,888Medicare pays (avg) $18,326 - 7
Hutchinson Health
Hutchinson, MN
Gross charge $18,965Cash pay $9,888 - 8
Olivia Hospital & Clinic
Olivia, MN
Gross charge $18,965Cash pay $9,888 - 9
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,388 - 10
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,415 - 11
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 12
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 13
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 14
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 15
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 17
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,513 - 18
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 19
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
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Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 22
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,981 - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,865 - 27
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 28
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 29
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,254 - 30
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 40
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 41
CHI St. Francis Health
Breckenridge, MN
Gross charge — - 42
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 43
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,578
8 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for substance use under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $11,494 to $18,965. The cheapest is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park; the most expensive is Olivia Hospital & Clinic in Olivia. The state average sits at $16,036.
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 substance use 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 substance use 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 substance use in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 896 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.