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Widest spread in the state
The same mri brain with and without contrast runs $440 to $5,411 in Indiana
$440 Ascension St Vincent Kokomomedian $1,298$5,411 Methodist Hospitals Inc
12× between the cheapest and the dearest of the 97 hospitals with at least 5 published plan rates for it; the explorer also shows thinner cells, so its range can run wider.
Biggest gap between two insurers, same hospital
At Franciscan Health Crown Point, UnitedHealthcare pays 9.3× what Anthem BCBS pays for the same mri lower extremity joint (knee)
Anthem BCBS$360
UnitedHealthcare$3,333
Same building, same procedure, same code. The difference is which card is in your wallet.
Furthest above the Medicare benchmark
Northwest Health - Starke is paid 5.3× the Medicare rate across everything it prices
100%Medicare
259%state median
533%this hospital
Medicare’s payment is hospital-specific and roughly pegged to the cost of care. The median across this hospital’s 23 procedures is 533% of it, against a Indiana median of 259%.
Highest price over estimated cost
Community Health Network hospitals are paid 3.7× what it is estimated to cost them to deliver care
Community Health Network3.7×
Lutheran Health Network3.4×
IU Health3.3×
Beacon Health System3.3×
Cost estimated from each hospital’s own federal cost report (HCRIS) — the same filings state regulators use. Estimates, not accounting truth.
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