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What insurance is accepted at Mayo Clinic?
Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: Mar 25 10:12pm | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
@teresamason Per suggestion, call Billing and check.
In general, Mayo takes ORIGINAL/TRADITIONAL Medicare (Part A, B) but Mayo does not take Medicare ADVANTAGE (Part C).
Many providers have dropped the Medicare Advantage plans which are actually insurance companies taking over for Medicare. One needs to go to Advantage network of doctors and cannot chose or self-refer. Very hard to leave after and return to original Medicare because of the difficulty in finding an insurance company for the Medigap insurance that pays 20% Medicare pays.
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@vic83 Hello, @vic83 You are mostly correct about the Medicare Advantage Plans that are sold by for profit insurance companies. When I went to Mayo for a septal myectomy, there was full cooperation between my not-for-profit Advantage Plan and the Mayo billing office. That insurance is what my former employer offers for its retirees. Much to my surprise, I was charged the $350 copay for my stay at St Mary's rather than the $800 out-of-network amount I expected to pay (there was no hospital in my network that does this surgery and me going to a COE was a top priority for my cardiologist). In fact, it states in the policy "worldwide coverage" when circumstances merit it. The total medical copays for Mayo came to about $450.00. People should call the billing office and discuss their unique situations.