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Best hospitals in Maryland

7 of the 41 Maryland hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 9 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 57 Maryland hospitalsBest hospitals by stateMaryland ranks 37th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

7five-star hospitals
9four-star hospitals
41hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 57 in the state
66%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
4 h 3 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Typical ER visit5 h 8 minListed per $1 of cost$1.322University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit4 h 24 minListed per $1 of cost$1.393Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit3 h 48 minListed per $1 of cost$1.644Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit3 h 14 minListed per $1 of cost$1.445Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit3 h 38 minListed per $1 of cost$1.496University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend66%Listed per $1 of cost$1.407University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Would recommend66%Typical ER visit3 h 5 minListed per $1 of cost$1.978Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 6 minListed per $1 of cost$1.649Suburban HospitalBethesda · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit3 h 44 minListed per $1 of cost$1.3110Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit3 h 22 minListed per $1 of cost$1.33
How Maryland's 41 rated hospitals score
75 stars
94 stars
183 stars
52 stars
21 star

Every rated hospital in Maryland

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★81%5 h 8 min$1.32
2University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson★★★★★★★★★★79%4 h 24 min$1.39
3Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 48 min$1.64
4Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 14 min$1.44
5Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 38 min$1.49
6University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie★★★★★★★★★★66%–$1.40
7University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown★★★★★–66%3 h 5 min$1.97
8Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 6 min$1.64
9Suburban HospitalBethesda★★★★★★★★★★83%3 h 44 min$1.31
10Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 22 min$1.33
11Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 57 min$1.59
12Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 48 min$1.44
13Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 32 min$1.35
14Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown★★★★★★★★★★60%4 h 16 min$1.44
15Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 55 min$1.68
16University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston★★★★★★★★★★51%2 h 59 min$1.77
17Atlantic General HospitalBerlin★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 27 min$1.72
18Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 57 min$1.38
19Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring★★★★★★★★★★76%4 h 56 min$1.41
20Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis★★★★★★★★★★71%4 h 5 min$1.55
21University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★70%5 h 9 min$1.45
22Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 26 min$1.33
23Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★68%5 h 22 min$1.36
24Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown★★★★★★★★★★64%4 h 10 min$1.61
25Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 34 min$1.49
26University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata★★★★★★★★★★59%4 h 22 min$1.42
27University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★66%4 h 3 min$1.49
28Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★61%4 h 17 min$1.63
29Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham★★★★★★★★★★61%4 h 32 min$1.34
30Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney★★★★★★★★★★61%4 h 19 min$1.29
31Frederick Health HospitalFrederick★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 50 min$1.46
32Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★59%4 h 7 min$1.39
33Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale★★★★★★★★★★57%6 h 7 min$1.45
34Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore★★★★★★★★★★55%–$1.76
35Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 24 min$1.44
36Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring★★★★★★★★★★66%5 h 14 min$1.50
37Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air★★★★★★★★★★59%3 h 59 min$1.54
38Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown★★★★★★★★★★56%4 h 11 min$1.48
39Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton★★★★★★★★★★48%5 h 56 min$1.36
40Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 53 min$1.31
41University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro★★★★★★★★★★57%4 h 6 min$1.39
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.