Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) in Indiana

MS-DRG 460: Spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$182,535typical hospital bill

$28,778typical amount paid

$25,056–$61,511range paid across 18 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $182,535 for this stay in 2024, about 6.3 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Ascension St Vincent Carmel	Carmel	33	$178,800	$25,056
Orthoindy Hospital	Indianapolis	25	$78,417	$25,344
The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health Networ	Ft Wayne	59	$421,006	$25,580
Hendricks Regional Health	Danville	13	$87,308	$25,962
Orthopaedic Hospital at Parkview North	Fort Wayne	14	$180,820	$26,167
Deaconess Hospital Inc	Evansville	40	$64,100	$26,700
Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital	Bloomington	20	$266,873	$27,225
Community Hospital North	Indianapolis	17	$173,054	$27,279
Ascension St Vincent Hospital	Indianapolis	66	$182,135	$28,684
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison County	Anderson	15	$182,936	$28,872
Community Hospital	Munster	38	$116,761	$31,644
Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital	Lafayette	22	$228,641	$35,386
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana	Fort Wayne	75	$420,087	$36,660
Dupont Hospital LLC	Fort Wayne	27	$369,127	$37,826
Northwest Health - Porter	Valparaiso	12	$484,969	$38,584
Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel	Carmel	12	$147,473	$40,488
Indiana University Health North Hospital	Carmel	13	$329,388	$43,963
Indiana University Health	Indianapolis	26	$398,071	$61,511

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.