404 West Fountain Street, Albert Lea, MN, 56007 · (507) 377-6490
Beds
61
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$318.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$14.4M
Patient care margin -4.0%
Discharges
4,061
Occupancy 72.0%
Clinicians
823
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $318.5M | $331.1M | -4.0% | $14.4M | 4,061 | $9.4M | 29.4% | 12.5% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 6.9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.3% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $298.7M | $323.7M | -8.3% | $3.6M | 3,431 | $9.3M | 28.1% | 23.6% |
| 2023 | $293.1M | $319.5M | -9.0% | -$7.4M | 3,248 | $7.5M | 31.5% | 22.3% |
| 2022 | $271.9M | $317.0M | -16.6% | -$31.3M | 3,237 | $4.1M | 31.6% | 24.0% |
| 2021 | $276.6M | $304.8M | -10.2% | -$9.3M | 3,670 | $4.3M | 33.7% | 22.4% |
| 2020 | $226.9M | $274.4M | -20.9% | -$15.2M | 3,567 | $5.1M | 32.4% | 22.8% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 24.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 15.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.97 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.32 | US median 0.28 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.63 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 80% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 67% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 70% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 71% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 65% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 124 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 9% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 58% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 62% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 82% | US median 74% |
| 53 |
| $24,194.83 |
| $10,810.70 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 48 | $31,785.54 | $15,335.02 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 30 | $23,462.50 | $10,487.20 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 178 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC | 25 | $20,240.44 | $7,885.84 | $7,278.86 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 21 | $16,045.76 | $6,291.38 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $16,215.43 | $5,878.38 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 21 | $21,794.95 | $9,013.29 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 20 | $22,876.75 | $8,379.25 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 19 | $17,609.95 | $6,984.84 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 18 | $19,644.78 | $9,790.11 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 17 | $17,992.00 | $7,679.59 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 17 | $24,376.12 | $8,087.00 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 16 | $31,402.00 | $10,579.81 | $9,973.97 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 275 | 168 | $1,846.16 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 173 | 112 | $542.45 | $502.15 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 129 | 123 | $2,183.41 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 90 | 88 | $11,626.15 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 74 | 61 | $2,566.98 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 57 | 50 | $1,552.18 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 57 | 54 | $1,620.26 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 46 | 46 | $1,302.93 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 44 | 32 | $2,802.56 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 42 | 41 | $5,475.43 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 38 | 35 | $1,224.05 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 33 | 32 | $4,159.73 | $3,917.51 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Albert Lea, MN with 61 beds, part of Mayo Clinic and a 5-star overall rating.
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin in Albert Lea, MN has 61 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 159 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 4,061 inpatients that year, with 72.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin reported net patient revenue of $318.5M and operating expenses of $331.1M, a margin on patient care of -4.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was $14.4M (4.2% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin is part of Mayo Clinic, a health system with 21 hospitals based in Eau Claire, WI. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 1 death rate measures are better and 0 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin provides emergency services.
823 Medicare clinicians list Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin had 645 Medicare inpatient stays in 25 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc) with 96 stays; Medicare paid $11,039.90 per stay on average, compared with $10,022.34 across all hospitals.