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Minnesota Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across Minnesota — drawn from 59 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within Minnesota, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
Anesthesia for Screening Colonoscopy$1 – $82$111
Anesthesia for Upper Endoscopy$1 – $82$111
Allergy Skin Testing$34 – $1,068$18441
Newborn Circumcision$135 – $2,470$1,99256
Urinalysis with Microscopy$3 – $50$3258
Abdominal Hysterectomy$970 – $13,412$3,03335
Hemodialysis Treatment$96 – $1,309$72620
Holter Monitor (24-48 Hour Heart Monitor)$70 – $941$22929

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in Minnesota, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
Skin Lesion Removal (Benign, up to 0.5 cm)$448$1,017
PET/CT Scan, Whole Body$2,877$6,233
Prostate Biopsy$1,473$3,133
CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring$103$203
Hemodialysis Treatment$797$1,541
Chest X-ray (2 Views)$174$327

The most expensive shoppable procedures in Minnesota

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$25,80945
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$18,30539
Total Hip Replacement$13,00644
Cervical Spinal Fusion (Anterior)$12,80840
Total Knee Replacement$12,80844
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$11,90846

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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