16/100
#2,269 nationally
Lutheran Hospital Of Indiana
7950 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 · (260) 435-7001
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lutheran Hospital Of Indiana billed $8.66 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
- 8.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 116
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IN
- #68
- 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 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
255 | $117,558 | $14,651 | +80% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $25,377 | $2,439 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
198 | $14,039 | $1,702 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $46,520 | $2,901 | +84% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $219,742 | $21,145 | +66% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $30,348 | $2,870 | +59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $70,000 | $9,902 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $11,721 | $1,466 | +16% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $106,891 | $9,943 | +58% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
101 | $222,223 | $23,759 | +78% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$420,087 | $36,660 | +190% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,132 | $2,020 | +139% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$98,982 | $9,385 | +137% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$265,514 | $27,086 | +126% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,343 | $5,168 | +118% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$129,455 | $11,935 | +107% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$307,914 | $53,371 | +105% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,744 | $5,074 | +100% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$31,667 | $7,016 | -22% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$51,702 | $12,534 | -22% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$53,837 | $11,382 | -20% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$64,931 | $14,561 | -19% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$51,396 | $10,573 | -14% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$29,111 | $6,297 | -13% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$35,059 | $6,914 | -5% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$40,779 | $6,361 | about average |
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.