Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc

700 West Avenue South, La Crosse, WI 54601 · (608) 785-0940

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

The money

$40what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$18.8Mnet income, all sources

−10.0%margin on patient care alone

$4.1Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)

$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

88beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	211	$38,418	$17,455
Heart failure, with major complications 291	123	$30,788	$11,964
Heart attack, with major complications 280	46	$37,912	$13,946
Lung infection, with major complications 177	37	$38,182	$14,952
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	37	$29,761	$8,851
Sepsis 872	37	$25,576	$9,842
Respiratory failure 189	33	$33,359	$11,797
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	31	$34,273	$11,619
Kidney failure, with complications 683	30	$23,289	$8,968
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	29	$21,297	$9,184
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	28	$20,819	$7,203
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	28	$50,518	$16,583
Heart attack, with complications 281	26	$25,795	$8,252
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	26	$66,281	$20,973
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	25	$30,299	$10,607
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	25	$28,028	$11,399
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	24	$20,448	$6,724
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	24	$28,815	$12,919
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	24	$36,730	$15,527
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	21	$18,822	$10,260
Urinary tract infection 690	20	$20,672	$7,468
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	19	$29,559	$8,758
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	19	$29,992	$11,859
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	19	$82,755	$39,195
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	18	$39,188	$15,274
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	18	$52,399	$17,757
Pneumonia, with complications 194	17	$21,454	$7,459
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	17	$40,195	$17,878
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	16	$74,717	$24,081
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	16	$17,606	$7,252
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 460	15	$86,131	$33,064
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	14	$31,865	$10,676
Stroke, with major complications 064	13	$36,134	$15,883
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc 243	13	$50,571	$21,926
Heart catheterization 287	12	$35,997	$9,328
Other circulation problems, with major complications 314	12	$55,425	$18,535
Heart stent 322	12	$60,971	$20,372
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Cc 372	12	$19,688	$9,565
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	12	$27,075	$9,620
COPD, with major complications 190	11	$19,080	$10,850
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 393	11	$31,777	$13,311
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Mcc 542	11	$28,560	$14,054
Cellulitis with Mcc 602	11	$22,729	$12,738
Diabetes, with complications 638	11	$22,907	$7,969

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