Mayo charged private insurance over 4 times more than Medicare for outpatient procedures in 2022
A 2024 RAND study found that Mayo Clinic charged private insurance over four times more than Medicare for outpatient procedures in 2022. The hospital system also charged private insurance more than twice as much as Medicare for admitted patients.
Mayo Clinic charged admitted patients on private insurance more than twice as much as Medicare patients in 2022, according to a RAND study from 2024 on hospital pricing. For outpatient services — procedures that don’t involve an overnight stay — the world-renowned hospital system based in southeastern Minnesota charged over four times as much for […]
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