US Health Care Costs

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc in Indiana

MS-DRG 243: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with cc

$94,700typical hospital bill
$17,082typical amount paid
$15,621–$24,855range paid across 16 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $94,700 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany17$206,173$15,621
Community HospitalMunster14$64,538$16,190
St Vincent Heart CenterCarmel29$79,217$16,646
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis19$161,217$16,983
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute13$72,219$16,984
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville31$120,047$17,007
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville34$60,199$17,051
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne22$149,708$17,077
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne22$90,393$17,086
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend15$62,321$17,187
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette14$101,718$17,356
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette15$99,007$17,487
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie11$119,535$17,645
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis27$89,440$18,245
Reid HealthRichmond15$55,095$18,648
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis14$146,044$24,855

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.