US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Mcc in Indiana

MS-DRG 242: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with mcc

$124,889typical hospital bill
$25,889typical amount paid
$23,853–$31,441range paid across 14 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $124,889 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington12$131,243$23,853
Community HospitalMunster14$104,230$24,502
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville36$91,416$24,640
St Vincent Heart CenterCarmel26$148,927$24,919
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute21$114,206$25,091
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne11$186,130$25,325
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne12$119,908$25,751
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville22$129,871$26,027
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis21$115,098$26,856
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette13$159,703$27,612
Reid HealthRichmond11$76,951$28,298
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point13$111,954$28,389
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis25$203,443$30,503
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis17$156,376$31,441

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.