US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$30,451typical hospital bill
$6,191typical amount paid
$5,338–$9,211range paid across 43 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,451 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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 CenterCarmel66$27,241$5,338
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso30$43,171$5,365
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson20$20,839$5,633
Iu Health West HospitalAvon21$31,017$5,637
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany82$37,707$5,666
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo17$21,987$5,714
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville19$32,154$5,734
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart49$24,640$5,746
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte17$36,295$5,759
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington34$30,815$5,775
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel15$33,172$5,818
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point29$30,451$5,826
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne48$34,788$5,933
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette48$31,676$5,966
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville192$19,484$5,987
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute55$21,522$5,992
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis39$26,978$6,036
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis11$43,324$6,062
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville62$21,565$6,094
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus28$21,897$6,128
Franciscan Health MunsterMunster15$35,598$6,134
Reid HealthRichmond33$16,877$6,191
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville15$25,249$6,245
Riverview HealthNoblesville13$22,611$6,272
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City24$35,324$6,275
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart41$27,872$6,323
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend39$25,512$6,330
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne46$29,221$6,336
Community HospitalMunster58$27,903$6,357
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper33$20,393$6,391
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie44$44,029$6,552
Methodist Hospitals IncGary24$34,086$6,556
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette15$32,971$6,565
Goshen HospitalGoshen16$33,993$6,648
Terre Haute Regional HospitalTerre Haute11$39,199$6,769
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis57$31,467$6,804
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka27$24,152$6,807
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis67$28,452$6,858
Witham Health ServicesLebanon14$23,022$6,950
Franciscan Health DyerDyer17$36,734$7,691
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes30$22,547$7,846
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis36$35,174$7,922
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis42$38,695$9,211

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.