Major Chest Surgery Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$79,825
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$14,565 – $178,683
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $14,565 - 2
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $15,785Cash pay $6,314 - 3
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $51,244Cash pay $40,995 - 4
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $78,212Cash pay $46,927 - 5
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $78,212Cash pay $46,927Medicare pays (avg) $18,364 - 6
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $78,212Cash pay $46,927 - 7
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $78,212Cash pay $46,927 - 8
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $78,212Cash pay $46,927 - 9
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $83,498Cash pay $50,099 - 10
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $83,498Cash pay $50,099Medicare pays (avg) $16,581 - 11
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $83,498Cash pay $50,099Medicare pays (avg) $15,814 - 12
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $83,590Cash pay $50,154 - 13
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $83,590Cash pay $50,154 - 14
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $83,590Cash pay $50,154 - 15
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $102,217Cash pay $66,441 - 16
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $102,217Cash pay $66,441 - 17
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $178,683Cash pay $26,802 - 18
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 19
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 20
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 21
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,193 - 22
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 23
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 24
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge — - 25
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 26
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 27
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,818 - 29
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,500 - 30
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,925 - 32
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 33
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 34
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 35
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
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IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 39
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 41
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 48
Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Inc
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 49
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 51
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 52
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $21,252 - 53
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 54
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 56
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 57
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge — - 58
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge —
17 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for major chest surgery (DRG 164). Prices range from $14,565 to $178,683 — roughly 12×. The cheapest is Riverview Health in Noblesville; the most expensive is Johnson Memorial Health in Franklin. The state average sits at $79,825.
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 chest 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 chest 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 chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.