US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in Indiana

MS-DRG 310: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc

$22,136typical hospital bill
$4,890typical amount paid
$3,948–$7,444range paid across 23 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $22,136 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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 CenterCarmel64$22,821$3,948
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany48$26,315$4,043
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso11$29,297$4,071
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville19$22,282$4,242
Community HospitalMunster20$25,891$4,280
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington11$25,767$4,384
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart15$22,136$4,539
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute18$15,962$4,658
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville87$16,415$4,672
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette16$36,487$4,722
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville48$16,806$4,816
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper23$14,258$4,890
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City17$25,907$4,985
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart16$20,608$4,997
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend21$17,441$5,055
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis11$19,269$5,107
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis26$26,145$5,245
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne50$18,545$5,290
Goshen HospitalGoshen12$20,039$5,332
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis20$17,846$5,370
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie12$47,122$5,649
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis11$22,095$5,984
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis16$23,242$7,444

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.