DRG 549 · Musculoskeletal

Joint Infection Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.

State average
$20,260
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$5,890 – $71,337
low to high
Lowest $5,890 Highest $71,337

18 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for joint infection (DRG 549). Prices range from $5,890 to $71,337 — roughly $65,448 apart. The cheapest is Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo; the most expensive is Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany. The state average sits at $20,260.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of joint infection. 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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling joint infection 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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Community Howard Regional Health

    Kokomo, IN

    Gross charge $5,890
    Cash pay $3,534
  2. 2

    Community Hospital East

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $5,890
    Cash pay $3,534
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    Community Hospital Anderson

    Anderson, IN

    Gross charge $5,890
    Cash pay $3,534
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    Community Hospital South

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $5,890
    Cash pay $3,534
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    Community Hospital North

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $5,890
    Cash pay $3,534
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    Hendricks Regional Health

    Danville, IN

    Gross charge $7,550
    Cash pay $3,020
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    Gross charge $11,755
    Cash pay $8,228
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    Witham Health Services

    Lebanon, IN

    Gross charge $11,986
    Cash pay $8,390
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    Columbus Regional Hospital

    Columbus, IN

    Gross charge $12,522
    Cash pay $10,018
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    MHP Major Hospital

    Shelbyville, IN

    Gross charge $17,495
    Cash pay $5,599
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    Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)

    Washington, IN

    Gross charge $17,974
    Cash pay $12,582
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    Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

    Mishawaka, IN

    Gross charge $18,423
    Cash pay $11,975
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    Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center

    Plymouth, IN

    Gross charge $18,423
    Cash pay $11,975
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    Hancock Regional Hospital

    Greenfield, IN

    Gross charge $31,318
    Cash pay $25,055
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    Union Hospital Inc

    Terre Haute, IN

    Gross charge $38,817
    Cash pay $23,290
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    Union Hospital Regional

    Terre Haute, IN

    Gross charge $38,817
    Cash pay $23,290
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    Union Hospital Clinton

    Clinton, IN

    Gross charge $38,817
    Cash pay $23,290
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    Baptist Health Floyd

    New Albany, IN

    Gross charge $71,337
    Cash pay $53,503
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    Northwest Health - La Porte

    La Porte, IN

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    Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo

    Kokomo, IN

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    Lutheran Hospital of Indiana

    Fort Wayne, IN

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    Eskenazi Health

    Indianapolis, IN

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    Northwest Health - Porter

    Valparaiso, IN

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    St Joseph Health System, Llc

    Fort Wayne, IN

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    IU Health Bloomington Hospital

    Bloomington, IN

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    IU Health University Hospital

    Indianapolis, IN

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    Memorial Hospital (South Bend)

    South Bend, IN

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    Schneck Medical Center

    Seymour, IN

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    Bluffton Regional Medical Center

    Bluffton, IN

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    Deaconess Hospital Inc

    Evansville, IN

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    Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, IN

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    Ascension St. Vincent Anderson

    Anderson, IN

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    IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital

    Muncie, IN

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    Ascension St. Vincent Evansville

    Evansville, IN

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    Northwest Health - Starke

    Knox, IN

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    Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center

    Jasper, IN

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    Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital

    Warsaw, IN

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    Dupont Hospital

    Fort Wayne, IN

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    IU Health West Hospital

    Avon, IN

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    IU Health North Hospital

    Carmel, IN

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    IU Health Arnett Hospital

    Lafayette, IN

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    Ascension St. Vincent Fishers

    Fishers, IN

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    IU Health Tipton Hospital

    Tipton, IN

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    IU Health White Memorial Hospital

    Monticello, IN

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    Cameron Health

    Angola, IN

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    Dukes Memorial Hospital

    Peru, IN

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    IU Health Jay Hospital

    Portland, IN

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    St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital

    Lawrenceburg, IN

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    Norton Clark Hospital

    Jeffersonville, IN

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    Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)

    Vincennes, IN

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    The Women's Hospital

    Newburgh, IN

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    Elkhart General Hospital

    Elkhart, IN

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