US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Indiana

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$59,950typical hospital bill
$9,016typical amount paid
$7,364–$12,576range paid across 29 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $59,950 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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
St Vincent Heart CenterCarmel46$61,025$7,364
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany58$73,201$7,548
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso14$85,305$7,658
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point13$60,966$7,941
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville20$52,032$7,961
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville109$33,350$8,310
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette15$73,609$8,409
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville43$52,751$8,441
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute18$40,604$8,441
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis17$71,134$8,472
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne39$87,806$8,605
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City17$63,352$8,619
Community HospitalMunster32$56,668$8,803
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette11$75,323$8,804
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie14$79,417$9,016
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart36$41,343$9,082
Goshen HospitalGoshen13$50,425$9,091
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne33$53,089$9,158
Methodist Hospitals IncGary21$52,020$9,370
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis20$57,421$9,582
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus12$36,153$9,721
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart15$59,950$9,914
Reid HealthRichmond42$41,532$10,151
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes18$42,992$10,215
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis35$69,845$10,269
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis21$70,843$10,466
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend15$34,458$10,886
Franciscan Health DyerDyer13$63,774$10,976
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis16$113,884$12,576

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.