Minnesota procedure costs
136 hospitals · 2,412 Medicare providers · 4,320 procedure codes with Minnesota locality adjustments.
The short answer
Minnesota has 136 hospitals and 2,412 Medicare-billing providers across 4,320 procedure codes. The average Medicare payment per procedure is $225.70; the average submitted (billed) charge is $1,603.90.
- Procedure codes
- 4,320
- Providers per hospital
- 17.7
- Billed-to-Medicare ratio
- 7.1x
- Markup rank
- #8 of 56
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, 2023.
About this dataset, nationwide
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the 2023 Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset records payments for 9,297 procedure codes billed across 5,426 hospitals in 56 states and territories; see our methodology for how each figure is sourced and computed.
Minnesota against every US state
Where the state's average Medicare payment per procedure falls, all 56 tracked jurisdictions
$226 higher than 48% of 56 states
Each bar is a $25-wide band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, 2023
The priciest procedures in Minnesota
Highest average Medicare payment per procedure billed in Minnesota. Hover any bar for the exact figure; even these top procedures are billed well above what Medicare reimburses.
Top procedures by Medicare payment - Minnesota
The cost spread in Minnesota
The highest- and lowest-paying procedures Medicare reimbursed in Minnesota, side by side.
Most expensive
Least expensive
Top Procedures by Volume
Minnesota Healthcare Cost Landscape
CMS lists 136 hospitals in Minnesota across 121 cities. MINNEAPOLIS holds 5 (4%). The three densest cities together hold 8% of the state roster. Statewide that is 2,412 Medicare-billing providers, 17.7 per listed hospital.
41 hospitals carry a CMS overall star rating (9 five-star, 18 four-star, 11 three-star, 3 two-star, 0 one-star) ; five-star share among rated facilities is 22%. 95 hospitals in this extract have no published overall rating.
Facility-type mix: Critical Access Hospitals 76 (56%); Acute Care Hospitals 46 (34%); Psychiatric 9 (7%); Acute Care - Veterans Administration 2 (1%).
Among the 30 highest-volume procedure codes billed in Minnesota, Drugs (Administered) leads with 8.1M services (38% of this top-volume slice) across 16 codes. Next is Temporary Codes at 21%.
Submitted charges average $1,603.90 against $225.70 Medicare payment (7.1x billed-to-Medicare). That ratio ranks #8 of 56 jurisdictions with both figures in this extract. Average Medicare payment itself is #29 of 56.
Volume leaders are not the high-payment codes. Low Osmolar Contrast Material, 300-399 Mg/ml Iodine Concentration, Per Ml is in the top volume slice but not the highest Medicare payments; Procenta, Per 200 Mg is in the high-payment set without matching volume rank.
These are CMS roster and claims aggregates for Minnesota, not a quote for any patient, plan, or visit. See the methodology and CMS Medicare Provider Charge Data.
Where Minnesota hospitals sit
City of the CMS hospital roster, not a travel or care recommendation. 121 distinct cities appear on 136 listed facilities.
| City | Hospitals | Share of state roster |
|---|---|---|
| MINNEAPOLIS | 5 | 4% |
| DULUTH | 3 | 2% |
| ROCHESTER | 3 | 2% |
| SAINT PAUL | 3 | 2% |
| ALEXANDRIA | 2 | 1% |
| BEMIDJI | 2 | 1% |
| FERGUS FALLS | 2 | 1% |
| THIEF RIVER FALLS | 2 | 1% |
Nationwide states with similar hospital scale or Medicare payment
Two CMS-extract-derived peer sets for Minnesota: nearest hospital inventory and nearest statewide average Medicare payment. Not clinical substitutes: registry-scale and payment neighborhoods only.
Similar CMS hospital count
Nearest states with ≥5 hospitals (136 here).
Similar average Medicare payment
Nearest states with published averages ($225.70 here).
Hospitals in Minnesota
How Minnesota Compares Nationally
Minnesota's average Medicare payment is #29 of 56 in this extract. Submitted-over-Medicare markup ranks #8 of 56 (7.1x). Hospital-count peers (nearest CMS roster size to 136): Oklahoma 135, Kansas 138, Wisconsin 142, Georgia 148. Payment peers (nearest average Medicare payment to $225.70): Arkansas $226.34, Nebraska $224.82, Mississippi $219.16, Utah $219.05.
Those peer sets are registry neighborhoods, not clinical substitutes. Markup rank and payment rank can diverge: a jurisdiction can sit high on billed-to-Medicare while sitting mid-pack on payment, or the reverse. Figures remain CMS averages for Minnesota, not an out-of-pocket quote.
Related registry pages
Minnesota averages sit on two maps: Medicare payment and submitted-over-Medicare markup.
- Procedure codes billed in this extract, in national volume order. Browse procedures
- State payment rank versus markup rank on the rankings hub. Rankings
- How these figures are sourced. Methodology
Figures here are Minnesota CMS averages, not a quote for any patient, plan, or visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainProcedure is rendered directly from CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.