Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle, IN
Gross charge $5,606Cash pay $4,765 - 2
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $8,610 - 3
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $9,747Cash pay $3,899 - 4
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $11,164Cash pay $7,815 - 5
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $15,788Cash pay $9,473 - 6
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $15,788Cash pay $9,473 - 7
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $15,788Cash pay $9,473 - 8
Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Greensburg, IN
Gross charge $22,998Cash pay $17,249 - 9
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $25,115Cash pay $15,069 - 10
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $25,115Cash pay $15,069 - 11
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $25,115Cash pay $15,069 - 12
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $25,115Cash pay $15,069 - 13
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $25,115Cash pay $15,069 - 14
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $26,090Cash pay $8,349 - 15
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $29,668Cash pay $23,735 - 16
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $31,960Cash pay $19,176 - 17
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $31,960Cash pay $19,176 - 18
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $31,960Cash pay $19,176 - 19
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $34,640Cash pay $24,248 - 20
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $45,882Cash pay $29,823 - 21
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $45,882Cash pay $29,823 - 22
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $53,553Cash pay $8,033 - 23
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 24
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 25
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 27
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 28
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 29
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 30
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge — - 31
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 32
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 33
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 34
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 38
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 39
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 40
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 41
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
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IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 45
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 53
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 54
Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Inc
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 56
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Harrison County Hospital
Corydon, IN
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,642 - 58
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 59
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 60
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 61
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge — - 62
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 63
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 64
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge — - 65
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
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23 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lung (DRG 186). Prices range from $5,606 to $61,473 — roughly $55,867 apart. The cheapest is Putnam County Hospital in Greencastle; the most expensive is Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany. The state average sits at $27,136.
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 fluid around the lung 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 fluid around the lung 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 fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.