US Health Care Costs

Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur Without Cc/Mcc in Indiana

MS-DRG 494: Lower extremity and humerus procedures except hip, foot and femur without cc/mcc

$103,602typical hospital bill
$15,534typical amount paid
$13,577–$21,340range paid across 3 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $103,602 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville11$49,620$13,577
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis14$103,602$15,534
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis22$137,522$21,340

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.