Arrive the night before. There’s a fairly new Hilton on Transformation Way, which is near or actually on campus. Call Hilton, ask if the Mayo shuttle picks up there. Call Mayo and get the shuttle telephone number. If you have a rental car, you can drive to the Davis Building, Mayo Hospital Building, or Cannady Building parking lot. Also the newer Mangurian Building for cancer patients is just past the Davis building, if you’re driving.

Parking lots fill up early; you’ll have quite a walk unless you arrive around 6:30 a.m. - but you can call the shuttle & find out where the pickup spot is for the parking lot you’re in. The Cannady Building is surrounded by handicap-only parking. Each building, Davis & Mayo Hospital & Cannady all have valet parking, about $8.00. There’s a parking garage at the Davis building and at the Emergency center. You can walk all the way from the Emergency building through the Mayo building, the edge of the Cannady building, on to the Davis building on inside corridors. Mangurian is not attached.

Go to the information desk at the building where you enter. They are informative volunteers. Most likely, for your first appointment, you’ll be at the Davis building where many doctors are located. The Davis and Mangurian buildings - both have labs on the first floor, convenient for then going to the doctor’s office in that same building.

If coming for cancer treatment, hematology and other cancer doctors are located in the Mangurian building just a few blocks past the Davis building. Parking there is much easier than at other buildings.

You will likely be presented with an ABN to sign, agreeing to pay everything that’s not covered by insurance. Read it before you sign…Advance Beneficiary Notice, which actually is a binding contract to pay out of pocket.

Be sure to print your Itinerary or have a screen shot on your phone. Remember your Patient Portal username and password. Very soon after your labs, you can go to the portal and see your labs reports, so you know them before you see the doctor.

Good luck, and do ask more questions here.