US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Indiana

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$56,164typical hospital bill
$14,846typical amount paid
$12,637–$25,615range paid across 34 hospitals

Indiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,164 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso33$118,983$12,637
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany30$73,887$12,957
Iu Health West HospitalAvon13$59,368$12,988
St Mary Medical Center IncHobart13$45,136$13,109
Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne53$97,296$13,113
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington48$53,858$13,210
Ascension St Vincent KokomoKokomo15$61,855$13,286
Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus16$41,284$13,877
Deaconess Hospital IncEvansville133$46,078$13,893
Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper18$29,759$14,047
Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis27$49,175$14,192
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville26$59,426$14,380
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute38$46,438$14,495
Community Hospital South, Inc.Indianapolis18$44,559$14,566
Franciscan Health Crown PointCrown Point34$63,769$14,608
Community HospitalMunster104$54,003$14,610
Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend53$55,772$14,812
Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette21$54,766$14,880
Franciscan Health Michigan CityMichigan City22$73,631$14,970
Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis94$62,232$15,016
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette20$69,101$15,031
Parkview Regional Medical CenterFort Wayne81$64,522$15,091
Hendricks Regional HealthDanville13$41,006$15,179
Reid HealthRichmond35$40,624$15,508
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie40$56,555$15,569
Methodist Hospitals IncGary31$99,824$15,579
Elkhart General HospitalElkhart27$55,071$15,728
Community Hospital EastIndianapolis23$64,464$16,147
Saint Joseph Regional Medical CenterMishawaka20$53,081$17,476
Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes13$46,570$17,739
Ascension St Vincent HospitalIndianapolis117$79,087$17,906
Franciscan Health DyerDyer17$53,072$20,784
Indiana University HealthIndianapolis82$113,527$22,878
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis12$76,059$25,615

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.