US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$85,072typical hospital bill
$16,336typical amount paid
$14,594–$27,090range paid across 28 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $85,072 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
St Vincent Heart CenterCarmel20$93,202$14,594
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart11$78,769$14,603
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville17$85,436$14,608
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany30$81,365$14,971
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso21$126,012$15,193
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus11$53,227$15,255
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City12$90,881$15,718
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte25$93,544$15,772
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute18$58,806$15,997
Methodist Hospitals IncGary25$65,980$16,017
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville120$47,975$16,100
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville21$91,988$16,106
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart14$58,175$16,123
Iu Health West HospitalAvon19$120,557$16,255
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo16$90,875$16,418
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes17$51,248$16,466
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne39$129,793$16,575
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend18$61,241$17,483
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie24$113,141$17,622
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne34$84,708$18,295
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis35$93,751$18,308
Reid HealthRichmond25$49,120$18,966
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis45$101,464$19,173
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis23$83,977$19,230
Community HospitalMunster37$72,418$20,200
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis38$140,316$20,515
Goshen HospitalGoshen20$84,085$21,339
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis57$148,660$27,090

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.