Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $13,847 - 2
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $14,992Cash pay $5,997Medicare pays (avg) $13,542 - 3
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle, IN
Gross charge $33,285Cash pay $28,292 - 4
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $43,021Cash pay $30,114 - 5
Adams Memorial Hospital
Decatur, IN
Gross charge $53,287 - 6
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $58,484Cash pay $35,090 - 7
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $58,484Cash pay $35,090 - 8
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $58,484Cash pay $35,090 - 9
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $58,484Cash pay $35,090Medicare pays (avg) $14,391 - 10
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $58,484Cash pay $35,090Medicare pays (avg) $15,470 - 11
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625Medicare pays (avg) $14,315 - 12
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $62,273Cash pay $49,818 - 13
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $64,664Cash pay $38,798Medicare pays (avg) $15,791 - 14
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $64,664Cash pay $38,798 - 15
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $64,664Cash pay $38,798 - 16
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $69,896Cash pay $55,917 - 17
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $71,817Cash pay $46,681Medicare pays (avg) $15,881 - 18
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $71,817Cash pay $46,681 - 19
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $74,338Cash pay $44,603Medicare pays (avg) $14,335 - 20
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $74,338Cash pay $44,603Medicare pays (avg) $14,466 - 21
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $74,581Cash pay $23,866 - 22
Franciscan Health Mooresville
Mooresville, IN
Gross charge $78,762Cash pay $20,005Medicare pays (avg) $16,519 - 23
Woodlawn Hospital
Rochester, IN
Gross charge $82,823Cash pay $62,118 - 24
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $85,831Cash pay $60,082 - 25
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $105,261Cash pay $63,157 - 26
Marion General Hospital
Marion, IN
Gross charge $184,799Cash pay $110,880 - 27
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 28
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 29
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,279 - 30
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,586 - 32
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 33
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,600 - 34
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,078 - 35
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 36
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 37
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, IN
Gross charge — - 38
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,789 - 39
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,232 - 40
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 41
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,169 - 42
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,482 - 43
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 44
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 45
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,623 - 47Gross charge —
- 48Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,843
- 49
IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 50
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,018 - 51
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 52
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,735 - 53
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 54
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 56
IU Health Paoli Hospital
Paoli, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 58
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 59
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 60
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge — - 61
IU Health White Memorial Hospital
Monticello, IN
Gross charge — - 62
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 63
Cameron Health
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 64
IU Health Frankfort Hospital
Frankfort, IN
Gross charge — - 65
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 66
IU Health Jay Hospital
Portland, IN
Gross charge — - 67
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 68
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 69
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,262 - 70
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 71
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Vincennes, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,139 - 72
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 73
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,424 - 74
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
Gross charge —
26 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for major bowel surgery (DRG 330). Prices range from $13,847 to $184,799 — roughly 13×. The cheapest is Riverview Health in Noblesville; the most expensive is Marion General Hospital in Marion. The state average sits at $66,957.
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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 330 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.