US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Indiana

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$25,540typical hospital bill
$5,597typical amount paid
$5,019–$6,175range paid across 11 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,540 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany38$37,657$5,019
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute18$18,265$5,432
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne23$48,900$5,478
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville39$20,138$5,524
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville20$25,540$5,568
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville12$26,770$5,597
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart11$23,651$5,771
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso14$39,252$5,800
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus12$23,935$5,901
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend14$20,041$6,063
Methodist Hospitals IncGary12$31,309$6,175

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.