US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Indiana

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$84,944typical hospital bill
$15,870typical amount paid
$13,683–$24,874range paid across 34 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $84,944 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health NetworFt Wayne19$149,866$13,683
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany36$121,101$14,113
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville13$74,888$14,129
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso19$173,355$14,249
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel12$142,248$14,513
Iu Health West HospitalAvon17$120,292$14,685
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart18$53,293$14,757
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville43$51,871$14,937
Community HospitalMunster27$59,476$15,030
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City15$100,537$15,170
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette21$134,909$15,368
Riverview HealthNoblesville11$77,179$15,454
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo14$97,870$15,476
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne56$79,405$15,607
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart21$82,017$15,633
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette13$123,283$15,664
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington44$124,430$15,842
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville29$105,712$15,899
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute33$85,294$15,964
Goshen HospitalGoshen12$53,218$16,006
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend25$82,533$16,167
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point13$82,668$16,615
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville19$64,209$16,822
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis13$93,792$17,007
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie29$118,612$17,150
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis16$88,314$17,270
Reid HealthRichmond27$52,746$17,344
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka25$79,223$17,667
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis23$84,594$17,801
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus13$60,419$17,815
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper21$56,561$17,838
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes17$59,702$18,066
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis37$97,937$18,377
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis22$149,684$24,874

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.