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Does Mayo Clinic take Medicare?
Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: Oct 27, 2025 | Replies (140)Comment receiving replies
The issue of Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage Plans often comes up this time year. This is the time period when those individuals who qualify for U.S. Medicare can make their chcoices or sign up for the first time.
Explore your Medicare coverage options (this is a government website):
-- https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare
If you have any questions or doubts about whether Mayo Clinic accepts your insurance plan, I suggest that you call the Mayo Clinic in the state that interests you (Arizona, Minnesota, or Florida) and ask the Mayo Clinic billing Department your questions.
Does Mayo Clinic accept my insurance:
-- https://www.mayoclinic.org/billing-insurance/insurance/accepted-insurance
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@naturegirl5 I'm on Traditional Medicare and as a retired Veteran I have Tricare for Life as a secondary for medications and many of the copays of traditional. II am in Arizona so I use that location and every year I get the note that at least at this location its Traditional Medicare and they don't take any of the Advantage plans. Hope that helps
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I can add to this post with my experience with Mayo Jacksonville.
Yes Mayo Jacksonville does take traditional Medicare (known as original). However they only take a certain amount of patients due to authorized dollar amount Medicare will allow Mayo to charge. Medicare does allow Mayo Clinic to charge more as are listed as Speciality Hospital. However it is far below what other insurances will be allow to be charged.
Medicare advantage is not original Medicare. When you chose an advantage plan you remove yourself from Medicare and now under the insurance company you chose. Most of those are HMO types and/or limits what will be covered and paid for and Mayo does not accept them.
Mayo will accept some advantage plans but is limited. So best you call insurance at the Mayo you are going to. Or contact Mayo using the web site mentioned to get specific information on Medicare and if they take advantage plans.