US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$46,877typical hospital bill
$12,615typical amount paid
$11,004–$19,887range paid across 63 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,877 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany116$54,417$11,004
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel39$46,512$11,286
Hancock Regional HospitalGreenfield25$34,137$11,337
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte27$46,931$11,457
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington34$44,936$11,510
Ascension St Vincent CarmelCarmel21$50,759$11,667
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo32$46,877$11,676
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville237$41,227$11,693
Iu Health West HospitalAvon37$52,932$11,839
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart45$50,555$11,948
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso100$92,181$12,001
Monroe HospitalBloomington44$26,487$12,010
Terre Haute Regional HospitalTerre Haute15$90,084$12,065
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo32$39,726$12,102
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart129$45,467$12,160
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville45$67,061$12,161
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette86$54,901$12,178
St Elizabeth Dearborn HospitalLawrenceburg22$33,919$12,219
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point113$57,675$12,238
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne40$104,993$12,264
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus56$25,164$12,278
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City76$62,400$12,345
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville45$46,628$12,361
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend72$55,498$12,368
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper35$30,960$12,371
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette46$54,436$12,382
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute97$40,003$12,394
Methodist Hospitals IncGary48$59,178$12,411
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson40$34,788$12,442
Kosciusko Community HospitalWarsaw21$75,797$12,604
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis73$45,868$12,609
Community HospitalMunster200$47,987$12,615
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis46$50,143$12,647
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville61$44,667$12,667
Ascension St Vincent AndersonAnderson27$77,560$12,752
Riverview HealthNoblesville23$39,494$12,762
Goshen HospitalGoshen38$48,069$12,883
Franciscan Health MunsterMunster37$61,578$12,916
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis223$67,553$12,924
Marion General HospitalMarion40$22,633$12,940
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie104$47,121$13,015
Major HospitalShelbyville24$40,171$13,459
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne176$52,437$13,472
Witham Health ServicesLebanon25$39,265$13,957
St Catherine Hospital IncEast Chicago16$39,534$14,012
Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison38$51,704$14,199
Parkview Dekalb HospitalAuburn16$38,001$14,213
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - PlymouthPlymouth12$37,501$14,330
Franciscan Health MooresvilleMooresville27$42,596$14,350
Parkview Huntington HospitalHuntington18$37,396$14,442
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis34$59,675$14,467
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka52$47,018$14,523
Franciscan Health CrawfordsvilleCrawfordsville11$36,382$14,542
Reid HealthRichmond88$30,144$14,571
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes34$31,187$14,979
Schneck Medical CenterSeymour16$28,120$15,130
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis77$69,723$15,728
Parkview Whitley HospitalColumbia City22$38,212$15,859
Parkview Noble HospitalKendallville13$31,810$16,736
Memorial HospitalLogansport11$36,245$16,935
Franciscan Health DyerDyer54$76,191$17,482
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis77$69,602$19,154
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis14$62,275$19,887

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.