Mayo Clinic's Charity Care Spending, 2014-2025

The health system's spending on its financial assistance program has increased since a COVID-19 pandemic downturn, a new state law and Mayo Clinic's own revamped internal policies.

A line chart shows Mayo Clinic's charity care spending from 2014 to 2024, with its lowest point at $49 million in 2021 and its highest point at $129.8 million in 2024.

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Note: As of November 2023, Minnesota law requires hospitals to screen patients for their charity care eligibility before taking certain actions to recoup medical debt. During 2023, Mayo Clinic presumptively wrote off nearly $90 million in debt for patients who would have qualified for its charity care program.

Chart: Dené K. Dryden / Post BulletinSource: Internal Revenue Service Form 990 documents, Mayo Clinic's 2025 consolidated financial reportGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper