US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$108,745typical hospital bill
$21,467typical amount paid
$19,562–$30,973range paid across 25 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $108,745 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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 Albany15$141,650$19,562
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville52$71,888$20,011
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington16$135,008$20,232
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus27$65,900$20,267
Community HospitalMunster22$91,045$20,294
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis11$84,274$20,729
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso19$222,558$20,821
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne45$104,718$20,908
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis35$109,360$20,940
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville13$80,413$20,953
Ascension St Vincent AndersonAnderson13$91,858$21,230
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper15$64,296$21,454
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute32$82,822$21,467
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette18$134,051$21,487
Iu Health West HospitalAvon11$145,366$21,689
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point13$108,745$22,772
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie25$140,169$23,135
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend20$141,094$23,399
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka17$84,920$23,936
Reid HealthRichmond30$59,421$24,091
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis41$113,829$24,135
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette15$179,968$24,567
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes12$55,341$25,359
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne19$265,514$27,086
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis41$201,389$30,973

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.