DRG 788 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals

Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.

State average
$25,403
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
29
with published pricing
Price range
$4,920 – $69,026
low to high
Lowest $4,920 Highest $69,026

29 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for c-section (DRG 788). Prices range from $4,920 to $69,026 — roughly $64,106 apart. The cheapest is Riverview Health in Noblesville; the most expensive is Marion General Hospital in Marion. The state average sits at $25,403.

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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

For c-section in Indiana, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.

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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.

Data notes for Indiana

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Riverview Health

    Noblesville, IN

    Gross charge $4,920
  2. 2

    Johnson Memorial Health

    Franklin, IN

    Gross charge $5,390
    Cash pay $4,312
  3. 3

    Hendricks Regional Health

    Danville, IN

    Gross charge $5,996
    Cash pay $2,398
  4. 4

    Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)

    Washington, IN

    Gross charge $11,868
    Cash pay $8,307
  5. 5
    Gross charge $12,034
  6. 6

    Henry county hospital

    New Castle, IN

    Gross charge $18,682
    Cash pay $13,077
  7. 7

    Baptist Health Floyd

    New Albany, IN

    Gross charge $20,139
    Cash pay $15,104
  8. 8

    Columbus Regional Hospital

    Columbus, IN

    Gross charge $23,002
    Cash pay $18,401
  9. 9

    Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

    Mishawaka, IN

    Gross charge $23,698
    Cash pay $15,404
  10. 10

    Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center

    Plymouth, IN

    Gross charge $23,698
    Cash pay $15,404
  11. 11

    Union Hospital Inc

    Terre Haute, IN

    Gross charge $25,222
    Cash pay $15,133
  12. 12

    Union Hospital Regional

    Terre Haute, IN

    Gross charge $25,222
    Cash pay $15,133
  13. 13

    Union Hospital Clinton

    Clinton, IN

    Gross charge $25,222
    Cash pay $15,133
  14. 14

    Community Howard Regional Health

    Kokomo, IN

    Gross charge $25,516
    Cash pay $15,310
  15. 15

    Community Hospital East

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $25,516
    Cash pay $15,310
  16. 16

    Community Hospital Anderson

    Anderson, IN

    Gross charge $25,516
    Cash pay $15,310
  17. 17

    Community Hospital South

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $25,516
    Cash pay $15,310
  18. 18

    Community Hospital North

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $25,516
    Cash pay $15,310
  19. 19

    Witham Health Services

    Lebanon, IN

    Gross charge $25,601
    Cash pay $17,920
  20. 20

    Community Hospital

    Munster, IN

    Gross charge $27,998
    Cash pay $16,799
  21. 21

    St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)

    Hobart, IN

    Gross charge $27,998
    Cash pay $16,799
  22. 22

    Woodlawn Hospital

    Rochester, IN

    Gross charge $28,193
    Cash pay $21,145
  23. 23

    Franciscan Health Mooresville

    Mooresville, IN

    Gross charge $28,272
    Cash pay $7,181
  24. 24

    Hancock Regional Hospital

    Greenfield, IN

    Gross charge $29,892
    Cash pay $23,914
  25. 25

    St. Catherine Hospital

    East Chicago, IN

    Gross charge $32,663
    Cash pay $19,598
  26. 26

    Decatur County Memorial Hospital

    Greensburg, IN

    Gross charge $34,673
    Cash pay $26,005
  27. 27

    Harrison County Hospital

    Corydon, IN

    Gross charge $35,758
    Cash pay $21,455
  28. 28

    MHP Major Hospital

    Shelbyville, IN

    Gross charge $43,941
    Cash pay $14,061
  29. 29

    Marion General Hospital

    Marion, IN

    Gross charge $69,026
    Cash pay $41,416
  30. 30

    Northwest Health - La Porte

    La Porte, IN

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  31. 31

    Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo

    Kokomo, IN

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  32. 32

    Lutheran Hospital of Indiana

    Fort Wayne, IN

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  33. 33

    Eskenazi Health

    Indianapolis, IN

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  34. 34

    Northwest Health - Porter

    Valparaiso, IN

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  35. 35

    St Joseph Health System, Llc

    Fort Wayne, IN

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  36. 36

    IU Health Bloomington Hospital

    Bloomington, IN

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  37. 37

    IU Health University Hospital

    Indianapolis, IN

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  38. 38

    Memorial Hospital (South Bend)

    South Bend, IN

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  39. 39

    Schneck Medical Center

    Seymour, IN

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  40. 40

    Bluffton Regional Medical Center

    Bluffton, IN

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  41. 41

    Deaconess Hospital Inc

    Evansville, IN

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  42. 42

    Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, IN

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  43. 43

    Ascension St. Vincent Anderson

    Anderson, IN

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  44. 44

    IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital

    Muncie, IN

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  45. 45

    Ascension St. Vincent Evansville

    Evansville, IN

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  46. 46

    Northwest Health - Starke

    Knox, IN

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  47. 47

    Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center

    Jasper, IN

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  48. 48

    Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital

    Warsaw, IN

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  49. 49

    Dupont Hospital

    Fort Wayne, IN

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  52. 52

    IU Health West Hospital

    Avon, IN

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  53. 53

    IU Health North Hospital

    Carmel, IN

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  55. 55

    IU Health Arnett Hospital

    Lafayette, IN

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  56. 56

    Ascension St. Vincent Fishers

    Fishers, IN

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  63. 63

    IU Health Tipton Hospital

    Tipton, IN

    Gross charge —
  64. 64

    IU Health White Memorial Hospital

    Monticello, IN

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  65. 65
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  66. 66

    Cameron Health

    Angola, IN

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  67. 67
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  68. 68

    Dukes Memorial Hospital

    Peru, IN

    Gross charge —
  69. 69

    IU Health Jay Hospital

    Portland, IN

    Gross charge —
  70. 70
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  71. 71

    St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital

    Lawrenceburg, IN

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  72. 72

    Norton Clark Hospital

    Jeffersonville, IN

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  73. 73

    Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)

    Vincennes, IN

    Gross charge —
  74. 74

    The Women's Hospital

    Newburgh, IN

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  75. 75

    Elkhart General Hospital

    Elkhart, IN

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  76. 76
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