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Mayo Clinic Health System - Waseca

501 North State Street, Waseca, MN 56093 · (507) 835-1210

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Mayo Clinic Health System - Waseca is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Waseca, Minnesota (Waseca County), with 15 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 86% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.08 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Minnesota hospital ($2.99).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (116 surveys)
$2.08listed for every $1 its care costs Minnesota typical $2.99
1 h 34 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
15beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 116 surveys

86%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
90%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 34 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
13.4%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
22.3%
Pneumonia
17.3%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
2.04
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$48what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$4.9Mnet income, all sources
14.3%margin on patient care alone
$2.0Mcost of charity care (8.7% of costs)
$713,614unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
96full-time staff (equivalent)

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.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

Nearby hospitals

14 miles awayOwatonna HospitalOwatonna, MN★★★★★$2.95 listed per $1 of cost19 miles awayAllina Health Faribault Medical CenterFaribault, MN★★★★★$2.92 listed per $1 of cost25 miles awayMayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato, MN★★★★★$2.25 listed per $1 of cost30 miles awayRiver's Edge Hospital & ClinicSt Peter, MNNot rated$2.16 listed per $1 of cost30 miles awayMayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea, MN★★★★★$2.15 listed per $1 of cost

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