42/100
#1,519 nationally
Community Hospital East
1500 N Ritter Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219 · (317) 355-5411
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community Hospital East billed $5.43 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 99
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IN
- #40
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
322 | $205,968 | $21,230 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $8,408 | $1,447 | -17% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
271 | $25,189 | $11,806 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
247 | $38,769 | $2,931 | +54% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
217 | $17,247 | $2,402 | -11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
176 | $41,114 | $11,105 | -5% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
154 | $113,779 | $26,764 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $15,141 | $2,536 | -14% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $84,650 | $11,642 | +36% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $2,153 | $622 | -31% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay |
$221,873 | $25,061 | +93% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,201 | $5,058 | +83% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$205,968 | $21,230 | +55% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,769 | $2,931 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$100,567 | $9,816 | +49% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,505 | $6,519 | +44% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$115,237 | $16,944 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,483 | $5,208 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,163 | $6,661 | -63% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$16,610 | $7,724 | -49% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$41,506 | $16,016 | -47% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$30,996 | $11,920 | -45% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$113,866 | $35,980 | -38% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$96,672 | $27,397 | -33% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$30,601 | $8,731 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,153 | $622 | -31% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.