Cheapest hospitals in Duluth, MN without insurance
Of 12 hospitals in the Duluth, MN area we can compare, Range Regional Health Services (Hibbing) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 51% below the Minnesota median across 391 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Range Regional Health Services Hibbing | 51% below | 340 of 391 | 47 of 391 |
| 2. Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet | 23% below | 259 of 423 | 161 of 423 |
| 3. Essentia Health Virginia Virginia | 5% below | 240 of 353 | 109 of 353 |
| 4. Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth | at median | 221 of 461 | 230 of 461 |
| 5. Essentia Health Duluth Duluth | at median | 160 of 376 | 165 of 376 |
| 6. Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth | at median | 160 of 376 | 165 of 376 |
| 7. Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth | at median | 160 of 376 | 165 of 376 |
| 8. Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior | 5% above | 155 of 360 | 205 of 360 |
| 9. The Cook Hospital Cook | 8% above | 101 of 304 | 200 of 304 |
| 10. Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake | 12% above | 25 of 360 | 288 of 360 |
| 11. Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora | 12% above | 25 of 360 | 288 of 360 |
| 12. Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely | 36% above | 83 of 336 | 250 of 336 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
Procedure costs in the Duluth, MN area
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- STD test cost
- Colonoscopy cost
- Doctor visit cost
- Physical therapy cost
- Heart test cost
- Sleep study cost
- Childhood vaccine cost
- Stitches cost
- Cortisone shot cost
- Upper endoscopy cost
- Nuclear stress test cost
- Circumcision cost
- Strep test cost
- Earwax removal cost
- Bone density scan cost
- Cholesterol test (lipid panel) cost
- Complete blood count (CBC) cost
- Cardioversion cost
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.