US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$36,702typical hospital bill
$8,814typical amount paid
$7,576–$17,834range paid across 46 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,702 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 Albany85$38,701$7,576
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo24$44,704$7,968
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis34$32,042$8,007
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso55$75,664$8,076
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel13$54,427$8,119
Iu Health West HospitalAvon33$42,634$8,146
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville39$28,565$8,208
Community HospitalMunster65$34,980$8,246
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette48$43,088$8,255
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart67$36,495$8,318
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington28$44,315$8,322
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne26$37,382$8,341
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo12$32,817$8,389
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart22$36,651$8,398
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville46$59,816$8,451
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper13$23,708$8,540
Kosciusko Community HospitalWarsaw11$56,580$8,555
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis22$28,951$8,663
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte28$42,614$8,666
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute49$29,586$8,699
St Elizabeth Dearborn HospitalLawrenceburg31$21,683$8,755
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson23$30,949$8,758
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus41$22,519$8,801
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis11$45,131$8,828
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend29$40,438$8,834
Hancock Regional HospitalGreenfield18$28,611$8,870
Marion General HospitalMarion15$17,885$8,920
Riverview HealthNoblesville24$39,235$8,921
Ascension St Vincent AndersonAnderson12$39,805$8,935
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville32$35,960$8,946
St Catherine Hospital IncEast Chicago14$36,753$8,978
Methodist Hospitals IncGary33$42,380$9,011
Goshen HospitalGoshen11$27,968$9,020
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie63$41,913$9,085
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis28$35,228$9,192
Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison13$25,376$9,208
Bluffton Regional Medical CenterBluffton11$50,134$9,313
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka28$33,851$9,331
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville17$34,683$9,371
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne29$98,982$9,385
Reid HealthRichmond32$26,424$9,655
Northwest Health - StarkeKnox15$30,147$10,087
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis15$54,350$10,397
Witham Health ServicesLebanon13$25,607$10,473
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis40$46,016$12,468
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis12$67,503$17,834

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.