US Health Care Costs

Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin

404 West Fountain Street, Albert Lea, MN 56007 · (507) 377-6490

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$46what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.6Mnet income, all sources
−8.4%margin on patient care alone
$8.6Mcost of charity care (3.7% of costs)
$1.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
79beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Heart failure, with major complications 29196$25,938$12,043
Sepsis, with major complications 87194$37,776$19,489
Pneumonia, with major complications 19353$24,195$12,596
Lung infection, with major complications 17748$31,786$16,321
Psychoses 88530$23,463$14,529
Lung infection, with complications 17825$20,240$9,191
COPD, with major complications 19021$21,795$10,333
Pneumonia, with complications 19421$16,046$7,687
Urinary tract infection 69021$16,215$7,715
Sepsis 87220$22,877$9,603
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$17,610$8,880
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68918$19,645$10,991
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$24,376$9,431
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37817$17,992$9,216
Respiratory failure 18916$31,402$11,496
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$21,433$15,451
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$15,283$7,995
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$42,868$19,345
Fainting 31213$21,011$8,103
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$18,173$8,268
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$14,323$8,385
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Cc 54312$20,956$10,072
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$18,151$6,921
Diabetes, with complications 63811$17,438$8,712
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$15,958$7,307
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