US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Indiana

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$27,166typical hospital bill
$6,498typical amount paid
$5,344–$14,369range paid across 52 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,166 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 Albany75$30,152$5,344
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso26$50,568$5,619
Community HospitalMunster60$27,747$5,710
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis27$22,957$5,817
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo21$23,603$5,860
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart37$28,723$5,877
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson20$19,989$5,897
Iu Health West HospitalAvon14$53,422$5,906
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington14$34,012$5,949
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville23$27,846$5,951
St Elizabeth Dearborn HospitalLawrenceburg19$18,904$5,986
Ascension St Vincent CarmelCarmel20$29,276$6,004
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville78$20,406$6,069
Terre Haute Regional HospitalTerre Haute17$41,148$6,077
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart28$21,625$6,089
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City38$27,747$6,141
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point35$31,266$6,143
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo18$26,671$6,168
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette20$30,668$6,245
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne31$47,564$6,297
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis41$27,072$6,310
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel15$36,533$6,322
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville20$23,369$6,374
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend33$29,296$6,460
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus33$17,874$6,491
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper13$20,937$6,491
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute59$22,124$6,506
Riverview HealthNoblesville24$16,147$6,525
Reid HealthRichmond41$18,985$6,580
Methodist Hospitals IncGary30$33,590$6,602
St Catherine Hospital IncEast Chicago13$25,202$6,657
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne49$25,073$6,682
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie22$35,585$6,744
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville15$24,435$6,785
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis44$36,261$6,786
Marion General HospitalMarion13$12,885$6,802
Goshen HospitalGoshen12$21,665$6,803
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette21$34,213$6,883
Hancock Regional HospitalGreenfield14$24,585$6,909
Franciscan Health MunsterMunster18$26,107$7,091
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis31$28,959$7,095
Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison11$16,788$7,176
Henry County Memorial HospitalNew Castle16$27,372$7,285
Witham Health ServicesLebanon19$24,234$7,328
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka33$24,419$7,329
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte14$38,725$7,339
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes17$23,520$7,400
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis41$37,341$8,406
Parkview Whitley HospitalColumbia City14$19,750$8,739
Franciscan Health DyerDyer18$28,738$9,469
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis44$46,692$10,867
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis16$27,260$14,369

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.