Cheapest hospitals in Duluth, MN without insurance
Of 9 hospitals in the Duluth, MN area we can compare, Range Regional Health Services (Hibbing) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 43% below the Minnesota median across 348 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Range Regional Health Services Hibbing | 43% below | 286 of 348 | 52 of 348 |
| 2. Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth | 4% below | 236 of 434 | 183 of 434 |
| 3. Essentia Health Virginia Virginia | at median | 94 of 199 | 100 of 199 |
| 4. Essentia Health Duluth Duluth | 5% above | 72 of 219 | 130 of 219 |
| 5. Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth | 5% above | 72 of 219 | 130 of 219 |
| 6. Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth | 5% above | 72 of 219 | 130 of 219 |
| 7. Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior | 25% above | 46 of 286 | 238 of 286 |
| 8. Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake | 31% above | 23 of 286 | 227 of 286 |
| 9. Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora | 31% above | 23 of 286 | 227 of 286 |
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.