53/100
#1,158 nationally
Hennepin County Medical Center
701 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55415 · (612) 873-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hennepin County Medical Center billed $3.54 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 69
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #38
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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.
Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
412 | $14,677 | $2,581 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $89,081 | $27,431 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $7,311 | $1,520 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $2,221 | $648 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $5,280 | $1,914 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $21,001 | $3,005 | +10% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $59,485 | $17,550 | +23% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $16,411 | $3,332 | -21% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $22,014 | $2,988 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $16,986 | $2,228 | +45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$121,711 | $36,452 | +116% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$97,075 | $23,744 | +105% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$71,327 | $25,836 | +82% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$145,515 | $44,304 | +80% |
|
Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 963 · Inpatient stay |
$225,806 | $64,701 | +77% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$51,499 | $16,011 | +58% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$76,359 | $24,702 | +57% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$47,784 | $14,129 | +56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,280 | $1,914 | -59% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$81,078 | $38,325 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,177 | $3,120 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,899 | $1,455 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,944 | $3,219 | -36% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$42,297 | $21,915 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,050 | $5,464 | -33% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,066 | $1,819 | -31% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.