Viral Illness Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a serious body-wide viral infection, such as a severe viral syndrome or infectious mononucleosis, in patients who also have major complicating health problems. The stay typically involves IV fluids, fever control, and close monitoring while the infection runs its course.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $12,932Cash pay $6,815 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $12,932Cash pay $6,815 - 3
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $24,466Cash pay $15,169 - 4
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $25,157Cash pay $7,799 - 5
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $37,258Cash pay $25,853 - 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 — - 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 — - 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 — - 31
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
5 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for viral illness under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $12,932 to $37,258. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $22,549.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 865 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.