US Health Care Costs

Eskenazi Health

720 Eskenazi Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 · (317) 880-4818

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$87.0Mnet income, all sources
−56.6%margin on patient care alone
$52.8Mcost of charity care (6.2% of costs)
$104.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
314beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871117$78,695$25,186
Heart failure, with major complications 29168$50,677$18,566
Respiratory failure 18947$51,528$17,193
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64033$38,779$18,990
Anemia and blood disorders 81232$25,364$15,688
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85321$192,040$54,952
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20819$118,117$32,895
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$46,383$17,916
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$42,133$14,881
Heart attack, with major complications 28017$63,901$19,884
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$45,696$21,043
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$27,260$14,369
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$62,275$19,887
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$37,096$14,918
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87014$375,112$88,851
Sepsis 87214$33,293$16,443
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$31,364$14,897
Stroke, with major complications 06412$76,059$25,615
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Cc 09212$39,930$16,962
COPD, with major complications 19012$67,503$17,834
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$93,612$26,457
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$33,678$15,972
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Cc 07111$40,624$17,579
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$38,056$20,427
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81111$38,073$19,477
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