Wrist fracture surgery cost in Minnesota
In Minnesota, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius: from $295.68 to $11,134.57, with a median of $3,005.44. The lowest price is at Lakewood Health Center (Baudette) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 37.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $3,005.44, is 64% below the US median of $8,453.60.
- Minnesota ranks 2nd of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 25607. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$295.68Lakewood Health Center + 1 more
Median$3,005.44half of hospitals charge less
Highest$11,134.57in Minnesota
Lowest saves$2,709.76vs the median
Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Health Center lowest Baudette · Baudette, MN TREAT FX RAD EXTRA ARTICUL FAC | $295.68 | $528.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Area Health Services lowest Park Rapids · Park Rapids, MN TREAT FX RAD EXTRA ARTICUL FAC | $295.68 | $528.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| St. Francis Medical Center Breckenridge · Wahpeton, ND-MN TREAT FX RAD EXTRA ARTICUL FAC | $322.08 | $528.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet · Duluth, MN-WI ORTHO OPTX RADL X-ARTIC FX/EPI | $1,126.08 | $1,759.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakewood Health System Staples · Staples, MN Treatment of broken forearm bone on thumb side of wrist, above wrist, with placement of stabilizing device | $1,128.40 | $1,820.00 | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
| Meeker County Memorial Hospital Litchfield · Litchfield, MN OPEN TX DISTAL RADIAL EXTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURE OR EPIPHYSEAL SEP | $1,233.92 | $1,928.00 | Dec 28, 2025 source file |
| Stevens Community Medical Center Morris · Morris, MN Treatment of broken forearm bone on thumb side of wrist, above wrist, with placement of stabilizing device | $1,258.50 | $1,678.00 | Jun 26, 2026 source file |
| Glacial Ridge Hospital Glenwood · Glenwood, MN Treatment of broken forearm bone on thumb side of wrist, above wrist, with placement of stabilizing device | $2,806.89 | $3,341.53 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Maple Grove Surgery Center Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $3,203.99 | $7,990.00 | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Rainy Lake Medical Center International Falls · International Falls, MN FX W INTERNAL FIXN | $4,076.63 | $5,294.32 | May 6, 2026 source file |
| Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork · Grand Rapids, MN OPTX DSTL RADL X-ARTIC FX | $4,879.62 | $6,872.70 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Treat Fx Rad Extra-Articul | $5,387.98 | $20,723.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC OPEN RX DISTAL RADIUS FX, EXTRA-ARTICULAR | $8,169.58 | $20,373.00 | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Maple Grove Hospital Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Optx Dstl Rdl X-Artic Fx/Epiphysl Separation | $9,102.32 | $17,271.96 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Windom Area Hospital Windom · Windom, MN SURG 25607 OPEN TX DSTL RAD EXT ART FX OR EPIPHYSEAL SEP INT FIX | $9,305.80 | $13,685.00 | Feb 3, 2026 source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Optx Dstl Rdl X-Artic Fx/Epiphysl Separation | $11,134.57 | $21,128.22 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 5 | $3,203.99 | $8,169.58 |
| Baudette, MN | 1 | $295.68 | $295.68 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 1 | $1,126.08 | $1,126.08 |
| Glenwood, MN | 1 | $2,806.89 | $2,806.89 |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 1 | $4,879.62 | $4,879.62 |
| International Falls, MN | 1 | $4,076.63 | $4,076.63 |
| Litchfield, MN | 1 | $1,233.92 | $1,233.92 |
| Morris, MN | 1 | $1,258.50 | $1,258.50 |
| Park Rapids, MN | 1 | $295.68 | $295.68 |
| Staples, MN | 1 | $1,128.40 | $1,128.40 |
| Windom, MN | 1 | $9,305.80 | $9,305.80 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 1 | $322.08 | $322.08 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What wrist fracture surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Wrist fracture surgery explained.
Wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius in other states
- Alabama$10,061.69
- Alaska$12,898.86
- Arizona$16,037.08
- Arkansas$3,425.70
- California$6,094.96
- Colorado$15,491.27
- Connecticut$4,365.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$6,422.58, 2 hospitals
- Florida$11,327.64
- Georgia$9,383.00
- Hawaii$14,997.50
- Idaho$9,573.53
- Illinois$7,737.00
- Indiana$9,651.03
- Iowa$2,221.35
- Kansas$6,935.03
- Kentucky$5,976.01
- Louisiana$6,745.63
- Maine$2,174.16, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$7,676.09, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$11,584.94
- Michigan$9,422.60
- Mississippi$8,487.65
- Missouri$4,150.34
- Montana$6,304.86
- Nebraska$4,570.72
- Nevada$8,090.95, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$8,609.63, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,083.00
- New Mexico$8,538.18
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$10,267.05
- North Dakota$9,491.60, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$16,688.41
- Oklahoma$14,014.26
- Oregon$6,464.04
- Pennsylvania$12,504.99
- Rhode Island$7,671.63, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$17,155.16
- South Dakota$9,039.44, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$8,487.65
- Texas$7,931.95
- Utah$9,460.30, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$3,917.92, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$21,355.22
- Washington$10,587.84
- West Virginia$7,201.45
- Wisconsin$9,096.92
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.