83/100
#271 nationally
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc
700 West Avenue South, La Crosse, WI 54601 · (608) 785-0940
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc billed $3.13 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 85
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #4
- 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 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% 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 |
547 | $1,150 | $641 | -63% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
377 | $16,379 | $2,519 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $2,751 | $1,912 | -79% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
211 | $38,418 | $17,455 | -41% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $5,599 | $1,510 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $6,254 | $1,819 | -45% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $43,861 | $12,317 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $10,487 | $1,783 | -11% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $20,531 | $4,847 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $15,079 | $3,075 | -40% |
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 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,874 | $3,608 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,926 | $2,195 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,487 | $1,783 | -11% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,471 | $5,369 | -12% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,379 | $2,519 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,102 | $9,447 | -18% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$31,865 | $10,676 | -22% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,531 | $4,847 | -25% |
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 |
$2,751 | $1,912 | -79% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,150 | $641 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,576 | $1,599 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,572 | $1,509 | -58% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$28,560 | $14,054 | -58% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$22,729 | $12,738 | -56% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$19,080 | $10,850 | -54% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$40,195 | $17,878 | -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.