CostGrade
A

92/100

#50 nationally

Mayo Clinic Health System - Fairmont

800 Medical Center Drive, Fairmont, MN 56031 · (507) 238-5064

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mayo Clinic Health System - Fairmont billed $1.57 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
1.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
15
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MN
#3
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.

Inpatient charge markup 33.3/35

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.5/25

Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 27.7/30

Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.5/10

Better than 75% 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

103 $1,138 $697 -64%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

33 $17,006 $13,706 -61%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

31 $10,073 $2,806 -48%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

30 $23,473 $21,059 -64%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

23 $15,654 $8,654 -47%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

20 $17,021 $8,753 -46%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

16 $18,583 $10,558 -50%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

16 $17,310 $14,326 -63%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

15 $15,811 $11,400 -60%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

15 $12,501 $2,389 +6%

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

$12,501 $2,389 +6%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$25,678 $10,784 -44%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$17,021 $8,753 -46%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$15,654 $8,654 -47%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,073 $2,806 -48%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,350 $3,078 -49%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$18,583 $10,558 -50%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,644 $2,913 -51%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$13,900 $12,394 -66%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$23,473 $21,059 -64%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,138 $697 -64%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$17,310 $14,326 -63%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$17,006 $13,706 -61%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$15,811 $11,400 -60%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$24,562 $17,830 -55%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,644 $2,913 -51%

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.
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