CostGrade
B

65/100

#790 nationally

Fairview Northland Regional Hospital

911 Northland Drive, Princeton, MN 55371 · (952) 892-2101

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fairview Northland Regional Hospital billed $4.27 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
4.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
17
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MN
#32
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
4/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 21.9/35

Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.9/25

Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 18.2/30

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.1/10

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

97 $12,001 $2,191 about average
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

93 $17,365 $2,594 -11%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

39 $39,299 $11,240 -9%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

35 $36,378 $5,390 +4%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

31 $51,132 $12,562 -18%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

29 $56,034 $16,475 -14%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

19 $44,565 $13,875 -19%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

19 $21,727 $4,946 -21%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $2,199 $653 -30%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

16 $48,521 $14,235 +4%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$48,521 $14,235 +4%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$36,378 $5,390 +4%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,001 $2,191 about average
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,601 $3,047 -8%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$35,629 $9,632 -9%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$39,299 $11,240 -9%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,365 $2,594 -11%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$56,034 $16,475 -14%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,870 $3,094 -37%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,385 $6,475 -36%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,199 $653 -30%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,509 $3,332 -25%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,805 $1,550 -23%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,727 $4,946 -21%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,110 $1,846 -20%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$44,565 $13,875 -19%

What this page cannot tell you

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