89/100
#101 nationally
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea And Austin
404 West Fountain Street, Albert Lea, MN 56007 · (507) 377-6490
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea And Austin billed $2.52 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $11,900 | $2,325 | about average |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $827 | $685 | -74% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $14,170 | $2,745 | -27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $25,938 | $12,043 | -40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $37,776 | $19,489 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $36,638 | $13,258 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $9,350 | $3,222 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $4,130 | $2,037 | -68% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $6,875 | $1,948 | -39% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $24,195 | $12,596 | -48% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,900 | $2,325 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,160 | $3,216 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,172 | $5,221 | -12% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,170 | $2,745 | -27% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$23,463 | $14,529 | -35% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$31,402 | $11,496 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,875 | $1,948 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,024 | $3,491 | -40% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$827 | $685 | -74% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,130 | $2,037 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,615 | $1,636 | -64% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,901 | $3,656 | -63% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$21,433 | $15,451 | -62% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$17,992 | $9,216 | -56% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$14,323 | $8,385 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,350 | $3,222 | -54% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.