Gallbladder removal, laparoscopic in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — inpatient
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 12 hospitals list a cash price for Gallbladder removal, laparoscopic as an inpatient: from $760.76 to $6,588.84, with a median of $1,590.18. The lowest listed price is at Regions Hospital.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 12 cities for code 47562, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 29, 2026 and May 18, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions Hospital lowest St. Paul, MN Cholecystectomy | $760.76 | $2,926.00 | 74% | — source file |
| Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,077.20 | $2,534.58 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI Cholecystectomy | $1,582.73 | $3,009.00 | 47% | — source file |
| Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,586.54 | $2,530.36 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,587.93 | $2,532.58 | 37% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,588.92 | $2,534.16 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,590.18 | $2,536.16 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,590.75 | $2,537.07 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,591.96 | $2,539.00 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN LAPAROSCOPY SURG CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,788.83 | $2,782.00 | 36% | — source file |
| Fairview Maple Grove Surgery Center Maple Grove, MN HC LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $2,472.97 | $6,167.00 | 60% | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park, MN Laparoscopy Surgical; Cholect | $4,944.42 | $19,017.00 | 74% | — source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN HC LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $6,588.84 | $16,431.00 | 60% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $760.76, median $1,590.18, highest $6,588.84 — a 8.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $1,590.47 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
A laparoscopic cholecystectomy removes the gallbladder through several small cuts using a camera and instruments. It is the most common treatment for painful gallstones and gallbladder inflammation.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon's fee, anesthesia and the pathology exam of the gallbladder are usually billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 47562 ($4,501.42). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MNAS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $30.00 | file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MNAS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $75.71 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MNAS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $100.21 | file |