Rochester-based hospital says Sanford’s misrepresentations have stuck the clinic with the bills; Sanford counters that Mayo is “looking to shift blame for its mistakes.”

Two major health systems are fighting over nearly $740,000 in medical bills from 2022. According to court documents, Rochester, Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic is suing Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health Plan for medical bills of $739,

Mayo Clinic is seeking $740,000 in the lawsuit, which claims a breach of contract and "negligent misrepresentation" in the case of one patient’s hospital stay.

Rochester's Mayo Clinic is suing health insurer Sanford Health Plan for not paying claims for a patient who was at Mayo Clinic for 52 days in 2022. In the lawsuit, Mayo Clinic alleges the patient was transferred to Rochester from North Dakota to receive a higher level of care.

Christopher Snowbeck at the Star Tribune reports the Mayo Clinic has sued the health plan division of Sanford Health, saying misrepresentations by the South Dakota-based insurer have stuck the medical center in Rochester with more than $700,