Vaccine administration cost in Minnesota

Prices at 76 hospitals in Minnesota, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $37 — 35% below the US median ($57), roughly 1.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Hendricks Community Hospital Hendricks, MN $10 — — 115 min —
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Saint Louis Park, MN $16 $62 ★ 3/5 257 min —
Regions Hospital Saint Paul, MN $16 $45 ★ 3/5 231 min —
Fairview Lakes Health Services Wyoming, MN $16 $33 ★ 3/5 186 min —
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MN $16 $33 ★ 5/5 204 min —
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MN $16 $30 ★ 4/5 174 min —
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital Princeton, MN $16 $33 ★ 4/5 150 min —
M Health Fairview St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN $16 $30 ★ 5/5 188 min —
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN $16 $33 ★ 4/5 158 min —
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN $17 $24 ★ 4/5 149 min —
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital Burnsville, MN $17 $33 ★ 4/5 190 min —
New Ulm Medical Center New Ulm, MN $19 $23 ★ 5/5 100 min —
Windom Area Health Windom, MN $20 $14 — 99 min —
Lakeview Memorial Hospital Stillwater, MN $22 $72 ★ 4/5 168 min —
Madison Hospital Madison, MN $23 $16 — 108 min —
Hutchinson Health Hutchinson, MN $28 $70 ★ 3/5 140 min —
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing Red Wing, MN $28 — ★ 4/5 152 min —
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge, MN $31 $31 ★ 4/5 140 min —
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna, MN $31 $31 ★ 5/5 116 min —
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribault, MN $31 $31 ★ 3/5 128 min —
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo, MN $31 $31 ★ 5/5 138 min —
St Francis Medical Center Breckenridge, MN $31 $31 — 110 min —
Mayo Clinic Health System New Prague New Prague, MN $31 — ★ 2/5 117 min —
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN $32 $50 ★ 4/5 201 min —
Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN $32 $47 — — —

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$59
Cash / self-pay
$37
Insurer-negotiated
$35
Medicare pays
$19
$16$79
Median cash $37  ·  Medicare $19  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $37 — about 1.9× the Medicare rate ($19). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($38).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $59 list price could save about $22 (37%).

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