Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
A serious bacterial infection of the brain or spinal cord, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, close monitoring, and tests such as brain imaging or a spinal tap.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $9,861Cash pay $6,902 - 2
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $14,418 - 3
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $16,130Cash pay $6,452 - 4
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $25,373Cash pay $8,119 - 5
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $40,591Cash pay $24,355 - 6
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $40,591Cash pay $24,355 - 7
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $66,856Cash pay $40,113 - 8
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $66,856Cash pay $40,113 - 9
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $66,856Cash pay $40,113 - 10
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $93,681Cash pay $56,209 - 11
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $93,681Cash pay $56,209 - 12
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $93,681Cash pay $56,209 - 13
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $93,681Cash pay $56,209 - 14
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $93,681Cash pay $56,209 - 15
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $121,726Cash pay $97,380 - 16
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $126,893Cash pay $95,170 - 17
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $133,975Cash pay $87,084 - 18
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $133,975Cash pay $87,084 - 19
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 20
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 21
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 22
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 23
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge — - 24
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 25
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 26
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 27
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 28
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 29
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, IN
Gross charge — - 30
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 33
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 35
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 36
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 37
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 38
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
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IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 42
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 43
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 44
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 48
IU Health Paoli Hospital
Paoli, IN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 52
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge — - 53
IU Health White Memorial Hospital
Monticello, IN
Gross charge — - 54
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Cameron Health
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 56
IU Health Frankfort Hospital
Frankfort, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 58
IU Health Jay Hospital
Portland, IN
Gross charge — - 59
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 60
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 61
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 62
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Vincennes, IN
Gross charge — - 63
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 64
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 65
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
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18 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for bacterial meningitis & brain infections (DRG 095). Prices range from $9,861 to $133,975 — roughly 14×. The cheapest is Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care) in Washington; the most expensive is Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center in Plymouth. The state average sits at $74,028.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bacterial meningitis & brain infections at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bacterial meningitis & brain infections admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Indiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bacterial meningitis & brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 095 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.