Respiratory Failure Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
Data notes for Indiana
- The lowest published charge ($4,470 at Johnson Memorial Health) 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
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $4,470Cash pay $3,576Medicare pays (avg) $8,018 - 2
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $6,807Medicare pays (avg) $8,624 - 3
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $7,726Cash pay $3,090Medicare pays (avg) $7,973 - 4
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle, IN
Gross charge $14,390Cash pay $12,231 - 5
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $15,644Cash pay $10,951 - 6
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $22,316Cash pay $13,390Medicare pays (avg) $7,988 - 7
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $22,316Cash pay $13,390Medicare pays (avg) $8,837 - 8
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $22,316Cash pay $13,390Medicare pays (avg) $7,775 - 9
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $22,316Cash pay $13,390Medicare pays (avg) $7,965 - 10
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $22,316Cash pay $13,390Medicare pays (avg) $8,980 - 11
Harrison County Hospital
Corydon, IN
Gross charge $23,407Cash pay $14,044 - 12
Marion General Hospital
Marion, IN
Gross charge $23,587Cash pay $14,152Medicare pays (avg) $8,563 - 13
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $25,704Cash pay $20,563Medicare pays (avg) $8,230 - 14
Adams Memorial Hospital
Decatur, IN
Gross charge $25,867 - 15
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $26,192Cash pay $20,954Medicare pays (avg) $8,602 - 16
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $26,730Cash pay $17,374Medicare pays (avg) $8,356 - 17
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $26,730Cash pay $17,374 - 18
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $27,694Cash pay $8,862Medicare pays (avg) $8,833 - 19
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $30,097Cash pay $18,058Medicare pays (avg) $8,413 - 20
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $30,097Cash pay $18,058Medicare pays (avg) $7,776 - 21
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $30,097Cash pay $18,058 - 22
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $31,817Cash pay $22,272Medicare pays (avg) $9,509 - 23
Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Greensburg, IN
Gross charge $33,693Cash pay $25,270 - 24
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $33,934Cash pay $20,360Medicare pays (avg) $6,905 - 25
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $33,934Cash pay $20,360Medicare pays (avg) $7,096 - 26
Woodlawn Hospital
Rochester, IN
Gross charge $37,893Cash pay $28,420 - 27
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $41,613Cash pay $24,968 - 28
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $7,233 - 29
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,116 - 31
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,152 - 32
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,779 - 33
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,391 - 34
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 35
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,113 - 36
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,629 - 37
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,946 - 38
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 39
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, IN
Gross charge — - 40
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,464 - 41
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,372 - 42
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,469 - 43
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,768 - 44
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,290 - 45
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,787 - 47
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 48
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —
- 50Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,255
- 51
IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,218 - 52
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,262 - 53
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 54
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,818 - 55
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 56
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 58
IU Health Paoli Hospital
Paoli, IN
Gross charge — - 59
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 60
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 61
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 62
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge — - 63
IU Health White Memorial Hospital
Monticello, IN
Gross charge — - 64
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 65
Cameron Health
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 66
IU Health Frankfort Hospital
Frankfort, IN
Gross charge — - 67
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 68
IU Health Jay Hospital
Portland, IN
Gross charge — - 69
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 70
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,204 - 71
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,963 - 72
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Vincennes, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,214 - 73
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 74
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,055 - 75
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
Gross charge —
28 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory failure (DRG 189). Prices range from $4,470 to $50,885 — roughly $46,414 apart. The cheapest is Johnson Memorial Health in Franklin; the most expensive is Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany. The state average sits at $25,735.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.