US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 194: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with cc

$28,951typical hospital bill
$6,849typical amount paid
$5,761–$10,150range paid across 49 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,951 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 Albany90$32,359$5,761
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso11$48,387$5,789
St Elizabeth Dearborn HospitalLawrenceburg16$19,164$5,806
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel14$33,464$6,006
Community HospitalMunster47$27,581$6,048
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte17$29,248$6,094
Iu Health West HospitalAvon21$31,388$6,205
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart14$24,361$6,225
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo22$28,951$6,294
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville20$42,523$6,305
Terre Haute Regional HospitalTerre Haute11$49,306$6,315
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson21$21,793$6,315
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne26$51,615$6,356
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart48$28,174$6,386
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville39$23,296$6,429
Ascension St Vincent CarmelCarmel11$29,126$6,439
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville23$25,239$6,531
Johnson Memorial HospitalFranklin11$30,323$6,582
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute44$22,025$6,583
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis51$29,587$6,592
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend34$33,649$6,634
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis43$29,291$6,643
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus27$20,500$6,713
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne42$23,159$6,830
Reid HealthRichmond25$20,946$6,849
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette21$25,257$6,866
Kosciusko Community HospitalWarsaw12$50,258$6,872
Methodist Hospitals IncGary25$38,702$6,879
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City24$35,919$7,015
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper39$25,211$7,021
Goshen HospitalGoshen29$21,886$7,053
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes11$21,261$7,063
Riverview HealthNoblesville15$24,576$7,094
Marion General HospitalMarion18$17,414$7,108
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie30$31,065$7,145
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington21$55,428$7,152
Ascension St Vincent AndersonAnderson11$31,157$7,166
Bluffton Regional Medical CenterBluffton12$28,007$7,212
Witham Health ServicesLebanon19$21,188$7,433
Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison17$22,531$7,447
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis14$55,760$7,576
Henry County Memorial HospitalNew Castle28$28,077$7,632
Daviess Community HospitalWashington16$27,414$7,767
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka17$30,133$7,789
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - PlymouthPlymouth14$24,013$7,897
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis27$32,419$7,999
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis28$33,961$8,285
Memorial HospitalLogansport12$25,343$8,562
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis24$38,562$10,150

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.