77/100
#429 nationally
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital
1221 Whipple St, Eau Claire, WI 54703 · (715) 838-3311
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital billed $3.28 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 154
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #12
- 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 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
750 | $1,182 | $645 | -62% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
422 | $5,578 | $1,521 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
334 | $3,076 | $1,878 | -76% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
316 | $9,129 | $1,832 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
309 | $14,448 | $2,597 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
299 | $59,879 | $16,754 | -8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
290 | $32,136 | $12,393 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
267 | $38,794 | $10,822 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
224 | $9,312 | $1,799 | -21% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
220 | $11,056 | $3,307 | -46% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$92,672 | $25,552 | +41% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,928 | $3,676 | +25% |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$99,256 | $39,827 | +24% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$49,297 | $11,210 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,925 | $2,217 | -4% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,244 | $2,211 | -4% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$34,458 | $7,223 | -7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$59,879 | $16,754 | -8% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,076 | $1,878 | -76% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,892 | $1,519 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,182 | $645 | -62% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,505 | $1,447 | -61% |
|
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay |
$32,567 | $13,712 | -60% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$22,527 | $9,626 | -58% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay |
$44,071 | $15,912 | -55% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$30,512 | $12,100 | -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.