US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Indiana

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$38,273typical hospital bill
$8,215typical amount paid
$6,795–$14,881range paid across 44 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,273 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 Albany56$42,004$6,795
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso33$61,368$7,100
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte24$54,992$7,320
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart34$36,614$7,410
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point20$46,191$7,438
Kosciusko Community HospitalWarsaw16$68,914$7,511
Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson22$34,604$7,536
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville13$39,446$7,615
Community Howard Regional Health Inc.Kokomo16$35,238$7,663
Community HospitalMunster76$45,926$7,709
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington39$39,289$7,742
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart49$30,014$7,761
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo18$29,735$7,807
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette33$46,175$7,825
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville13$28,780$7,886
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne37$61,002$7,895
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville122$36,642$7,988
Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel31$41,207$7,997
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute52$34,409$8,005
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City32$48,360$8,019
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville39$33,748$8,080
Marion General HospitalMarion14$18,171$8,175
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper31$29,561$8,254
St Catherine Hospital IncEast Chicago11$37,257$8,342
Iu Health West HospitalAvon12$33,376$8,346
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka20$37,225$8,355
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis38$35,338$8,415
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette26$44,537$8,461
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis30$41,633$8,502
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie45$33,788$8,528
Reid HealthRichmond52$29,336$8,635
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne75$41,303$8,651
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis70$46,444$8,795
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis50$35,183$8,835
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend53$39,696$8,852
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus25$23,228$9,079
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes28$34,131$9,268
Goshen HospitalGoshen11$34,938$9,593
Methodist Hospitals IncGary40$55,196$10,472
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis97$49,199$10,600
Franciscan Health DyerDyer15$47,145$10,853
Schneck Medical CenterSeymour11$31,099$10,975
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis64$57,221$12,253
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis17$42,133$14,881

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.