143 hospitals in Minnesota
As of the July 2026 CMS release, Minnesota has 143 open hospitals in 122 cities, 129 of them with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 2 hr 6 min, 22 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 38 of the 59 hospitals Medicare rates hold 4 or 5 stars (14 with 5), and the state average is 3.8 stars.
Hospitals
143
in 134 Minnesota cities
With an ER
129
90% of hospitals
Minnesota has 143 open hospitals across 134 cities. By type: 76 critical access hospitals, 49 acute care hospitals, 10 psychiatric hospitals, 2 children's hospitals, 2 VA acute care hospitals and 1 rural emergency hospital (type not recorded for 3).
Minnesota's largest hospital cities
Minneapolis
7 hospitals · 6 with an ER
- Median ER
- 3 hr 3 min
- Top rated
- Minneapolis VA Medical Center (5★)
Duluth
3 hospitals · 3 with an ER
- Median ER
- 3 hr 34 min
- Top rated
- Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center (4★)
Rochester
3 hospitals · 2 with an ER
- Median ER
- 3 hr 10 min
- Top rated
- Mayo Clinic - Saint Marys Hospital (5★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- Fairmont Medical CenterFairmont
- New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm
- Owatonna HospitalOwatonna
- Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea
- United Hospital DistrictBlue Earth
- Buffalo HospitalBuffalo
- Centracare Health System - Melrose HospitalMelrose
- Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato
Shortest median ER visits
- Mille Lacs Health SystemOnamia 42 min
- Cass Lake Indian Health Services HospitalCass Lake 1 hr 8 min
- Riverview HospitalCrookston 1 hr 18 min
- Red Lake HospitalRed Lake 1 hr 22 min
- Red Lake HospitalRed Lake 1 hr 22 min
- Essentia Health FosstonFosston 1 hr 24 min
- Cannon Falls Med Ctr MayoCannon Falls 1 hr 25 min
- Deer River Healthcare CenterDeer River 1 hr 31 min
See every Minnesota ER ranked by wait · See every Minnesota hospital ranked by stars · by patient rating · by infections and safety
All Minnesota cities with hospitals
A
B
- Bagley (1)
- Baudette (1)
- Baxter (1)
- Bemidji (2)
- Benson (1)
- Bigfork (1)
- Blue Earth (1)
- Brainerd (2)
- Breckenridge (2)
- Buffalo (1)
- Burnsville (1)
C
- Cambridge (2)
- Canby (1)
- Cannon Falls (1)
- Cass Lake (2)
- Cloquet (1)
- Cook (1)
- Coon Rapids (1)
- Crookston (1)
- Crosby (1)
D
- Dawson (1)
- Deer River (1)
- Detroit Lakes (1)
- Duluth (3)
E
- Edina (1)
- Elbow Lake (1)
- Ely (1)
F
- Fairmont (1)
- Faribault (2)
- Fergus Falls (3)
- Fosston (1)
- Fridley (1)
G
- Glencoe (2)
- Glenwood (1)
- Golden Valley (1)
- Graceville (2)
- Grand Marais (2)
- Grand Rapids (2)
- Granite Falls (1)
H
- Hallock (1)
- Hastings (1)
- Hendricks (1)
- Hibbing (1)
- Hutchinson (1)
I
- International Falls (1)
- Ivanhoe (1)
J
- Jackson (1)
L
- Lake City (1)
- Le Sueur (1)
- Litchfield (1)
- Little Falls (1)
- Long Prairie (1)
- Luverne (2)
M
- Madelia (1)
- Madison (1)
- Mahnomen (3)
- Mankato (1)
- Maple Grove (1)
- Maplewood (1)
- Marshall (1)
- Melrose (2)
- Minneapolis (9)
- Montevideo (1)
- Monticello (1)
- Moose Lake (1)
- Mora (1)
- Morris (1)
N
- New Prague (1)
- New Ulm (1)
- Northfield (2)
O
- Olivia (1)
- Onamia (1)
- Ortonville (2)
- Owatonna (2)
P
- Park Rapids (1)
- Paynesville (1)
- Perham (1)
- Pine City (1)
- Pipestone (2)
- Princeton (1)
R
- Red Lake (2)
- Red Wing (2)
- Redwood Falls (1)
- Robbinsdale (1)
- Rochester (4)
- Roseau (1)
S
- Saint Louis Park (1)
- Saint Paul (1)
- Sandstone (1)
- Sauk Centre (1)
- Shakopee (1)
- Slayton (1)
- Sleepy Eye (1)
- Spring Grove (1)
- Springfield (1)
- St Cloud (3)
- St James (2)
- St Paul (8)
- St Peter (3)
- Staples (2)
- Starbuck (1)
- Stillwater (1)
T
- Thief River Falls (2)
- Tracy (1)
- Two Harbors (1)
- Tyler (1)
V
- Virginia (1)
W
Z
- Zumbrota (1)
People and health care in Minnesota
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
5,739,445
Median age 38.8
Hospitals per 100,000
2.5
143 hospitals listed · #20 of 50 states
No health insurance
4.7%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
17.3%
about the U.S. rate
Median household income
$89,062
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Minnesota
Questions about hospitals in Minnesota
How many hospitals are in Minnesota?
There are 143 open hospitals in Minnesota across 134 cities. 129 of them have an emergency department.
Which Minnesota city has the most hospitals?
Minneapolis, with 9 hospitals. St Paul is next with 4.
How long is the ER wait in Minnesota?
The median emergency room visit in Minnesota lasts 2 hr 6 min, 22 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Minnesota hospitals have 5 stars?
14 of the 59 Minnesota hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 38 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.8 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.