Headache Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$26,744
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$3,326 – $110,170
low to high
Data notes for Indiana
- The lowest published charge ($3,326 at Harrison County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Harrison County Hospital
Corydon, IN
Gross charge $3,326Cash pay $1,995 - 2
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $4,695 - 3
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $5,230Cash pay $2,092 - 4
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $8,445Cash pay $2,702 - 5
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $11,817Cash pay $8,272 - 6
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $17,438Cash pay $10,463 - 7
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $17,438Cash pay $10,463 - 8
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $17,438Cash pay $10,463 - 9
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $17,438Cash pay $10,463 - 10
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $17,438Cash pay $10,463 - 11
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $18,595Cash pay $13,017 - 12
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $22,999Cash pay $18,399 - 13
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $25,691Cash pay $15,415 - 14
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $25,691Cash pay $15,415 - 15
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $25,691Cash pay $15,415 - 16
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 17
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $35,943Cash pay $23,363 - 18
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $35,943Cash pay $23,363 - 19
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $39,197Cash pay $31,357 - 20
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $41,444Cash pay $24,867 - 21
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $41,444Cash pay $24,867 - 22
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $41,444Cash pay $24,867 - 23
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 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
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle, IN
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,040 - 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
Gross charge —
23 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for headache (DRG 103). Prices range from $3,326 to $110,170 — roughly 33×. The cheapest is Harrison County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany. The state average sits at $26,744.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.