Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
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Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $10,782Medicare pays (avg) $12,532 - 2
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $12,063Cash pay $4,825Medicare pays (avg) $12,452 - 3
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $18,582Cash pay $14,866 - 4
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle, IN
Gross charge $44,690Cash pay $37,986 - 5
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $53,261Cash pay $42,609 - 6
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $53,936Cash pay $32,362 - 7
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $54,194Cash pay $32,517Medicare pays (avg) $12,712 - 8
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $54,194Cash pay $32,517 - 9
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $54,194Cash pay $32,517 - 10
Harrison County Hospital
Corydon, IN
Gross charge $54,907Cash pay $32,944 - 11
Woodlawn Hospital
Rochester, IN
Gross charge $55,728Cash pay $41,796 - 12
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $56,418Cash pay $45,134Medicare pays (avg) $12,543 - 13
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $59,562Cash pay $35,737Medicare pays (avg) $11,152 - 14
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $59,562Cash pay $35,737Medicare pays (avg) $11,902 - 15
Henry county hospital
New Castle, IN
Gross charge $61,413Cash pay $42,989Medicare pays (avg) $15,274 - 16
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $67,482Cash pay $40,489Medicare pays (avg) $12,395 - 17
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $67,482Cash pay $40,489Medicare pays (avg) $13,819 - 18
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $67,482Cash pay $40,489 - 19
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $67,482Cash pay $40,489Medicare pays (avg) $12,571 - 20
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $67,482Cash pay $40,489Medicare pays (avg) $12,596 - 21
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $75,523Cash pay $49,090Medicare pays (avg) $13,166 - 22
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $75,523Cash pay $49,090 - 23
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $78,943Cash pay $55,260Medicare pays (avg) $14,331 - 24
Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Greensburg, IN
Gross charge $83,725Cash pay $62,794 - 25
Franciscan Health Mooresville
Mooresville, IN
Gross charge $91,809Cash pay $23,320Medicare pays (avg) $14,296 - 26
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $97,828Cash pay $31,305 - 27
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $102,356Cash pay $76,767 - 28
Unity Physicians Hospital
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $124,137 - 29
Marion General Hospital
Marion, IN
Gross charge $127,698Cash pay $76,619 - 30
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,015 - 32
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 33
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 34
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,749 - 35
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 36
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 37
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,609 - 38
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,694 - 39
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 40
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, IN
Gross charge — - 41
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,261 - 42
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,990 - 43
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,082 - 44
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,398 - 45
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,497 - 46
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,387 - 48
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 49
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
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IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,972 - 53
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 54
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,910 - 55
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,372 - 56
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 58
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 59
IU Health Paoli Hospital
Paoli, IN
Gross charge — - 60
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 61
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 62
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 63
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge — - 64
IU Health White Memorial Hospital
Monticello, IN
Gross charge — - 65
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 66
Cameron Health
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 67
IU Health Frankfort Hospital
Frankfort, IN
Gross charge — - 68
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 69
IU Health Jay Hospital
Portland, IN
Gross charge — - 70
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 71
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 72
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 73
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Vincennes, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,211 - 74
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 75
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 76
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
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29 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for hip & knee replacement (DRG 470). Prices range from $10,782 to $127,698 — roughly 12×. The cheapest is Riverview Health in Noblesville; the most expensive is Marion General Hospital in Marion. The state average sits at $65,463.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of hip & knee replacement. 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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement in Indiana, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.