[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by KayakerNC

Really indeed. You are being exceedingly misleading.
"Mayo Clinic follows an established fee schedule based on the federal guidelines for Medicare patients, which allows health care organizations to charge up to 15 percent above the Medicare allowable fee. You're financially responsible for the portion above the Medicare allowable amount."

Medicare information for Mayo Clinic in Arizona - Arizona Patient and Visitor Guide - Mayo Clinic

It wouldn't be "misleading" if one actually reads and considers the points in bold in my post, that Medicare pays less than costs of running the place. Mayo was reacting to that reality.

So here is a more current article on what major hospitals across the country are doing to compensate for that problem: buying physician practices and adding "hospital" "facilities fees" onto procedures and services done at 1/4 the cost in a private practice office.

The result of this and the higher deductibles new ACA policyholders have mean that people are choosing to not go to the dr. when they need to for routine care, because they cannot afford a former $150 charge at the office now being $400 because the same office is now "in a hospital", and they now have a $5,000 deductible to pay before getting any use out of their insurance.

As hospitals buy physician practices, costs rise, Medicare report finds | Tampa Bay Times