Mayo advised my mother who has ovarian cancer, that they had a clinical trial that she qualified for. Mayo asked her to come see them. So my mother flew to Arizona, all to find out that NO they had nothing available (this could have been told to her over the phone).
A less than 30 minute consult from the dr and my mom walked out the door with a $1000 bill from the mayo doctor. To top it off she was billed a separate charge for a radiologist to re-read already read scans. Yes, the scans were already read by another radiologist in her state and were summarize by them. So no they didn't need to be read again. There was a $400 charge for this.
All of these charges, her airfare and room and board too COULD have been avoided if they didn't tell her that they had an available clinical trial for her.
Based on my mothers experience I would advise others to not look at Mayo as a good place to take their family members to, nor themselves. They wasted my mothers precious time and left a dying person with unnecessary bills.
"Mayo you should be ashamed of yourselves!"