US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in Indiana

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$28,536typical hospital bill
$7,011typical amount paid
$6,015–$49,766range paid across 20 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,536 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 Albany25$32,157$6,015
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso13$51,012$6,134
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel11$19,784$6,412
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville14$26,263$6,493
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington12$36,626$6,632
Reid HealthRichmond11$19,852$6,799
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis11$21,300$6,842
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne11$35,059$6,914
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart12$24,820$6,965
Community HospitalMunster16$28,956$7,007
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute14$24,222$7,014
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend14$24,844$7,086
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis11$29,158$7,163
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City17$34,834$7,313
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne15$27,993$7,398
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie19$26,528$7,757
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka19$28,116$7,853
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point11$37,078$8,017
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis20$46,631$10,701
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis18$142,777$49,766

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.