DRG 866 · Infection & Sepsis

Viral Illness Cost in Minnesota — Compare All Hospitals

An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.

State average
$16,311
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$9,728 – $30,145
low to high
Lowest $9,728 Highest $30,145

7 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for viral illness under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,728 to $30,145. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Saint Louis Park. The state average sits at $16,311.

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 866 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

    North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital

    Robbinsdale, MN

    Gross charge $9,728
    Cash pay $5,127
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    North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital

    Maple Grove, MN

    Gross charge $9,728
    Cash pay $5,127
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    Lakeview Hospital

    Stillwater, MN

    Gross charge $16,144
    Cash pay $8,417
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    Regions Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

    Gross charge $16,144
    Cash pay $8,417
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    Hutchinson Health

    Hutchinson, MN

    Gross charge $16,144
    Cash pay $8,417
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    Olivia Hospital & Clinic

    Olivia, MN

    Gross charge $16,144
    Cash pay $8,417
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    Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital

    Saint Louis Park, MN

    Gross charge $30,145
    Cash pay $9,345
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    Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center

    Duluth, MN

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    Hennepin County Medical Center

    Minneapolis, MN

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    Alomere Health

    Alexandria, MN

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    Winona Health

    Winona, MN

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    Fairview Lakes Health Services

    Wyoming, MN

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    Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

    Grand Rapids, MN

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    M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

    Edina, MN

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    Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes

    Detroit Lakes, MN

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    Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

    Princeton, MN

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    M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital

    Burnsville, MN

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    M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital

    Maplewood, MN

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    M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital

    Woodbury, MN

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    Rainy Lake Medical Center

    International Falls, MN

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    Kittson Healthcare

    Hallock, MN

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    St Gabriels Hospital

    Little Falls, MN

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    New Ulm Medical Center

    New Ulm, MN

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    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Duluth, MN

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    Allina United Hospital

    Saint Paul, MN

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    Essentia Health Virginia

    Virginia, MN

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    Sanford Bemidji Medical Center

    Bemidji, MN

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    Cambridge Medical Center

    Cambridge, MN

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    Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)

    Minneapolis, MN

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    Owatonna Hospital

    Owatonna, MN

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    Buffalo Hospital

    Buffalo, MN

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    Mercy Hospital

    Coon Rapids, MN

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