US Health Care Costs

Atlantic General Hospital

9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, MD 21811 · (410) 641-1100

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$58what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.1Mnet income, all sources
−13.1%margin on patient care alone
$553,464cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$6.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
62beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871137$19,738$18,152
Heart failure, with major complications 291122$13,221$12,132
Sepsis 87266$11,261$10,360
Pneumonia, with major complications 19362$14,102$12,948
Lung infection, with major complications 17750$17,863$16,502
Respiratory failure 18948$16,106$14,853
COPD, with major complications 19045$13,698$12,561
Urinary tract infection 69040$10,313$9,456
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06534$11,754$10,780
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60334$8,922$8,181
Kidney failure, with complications 68331$10,906$10,043
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37827$13,897$12,737
Heart attack, with major complications 28025$13,755$12,586
Pneumonia, with complications 19424$11,022$10,114
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32921$48,602$44,701
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68921$13,601$12,456
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Without Cc/Mcc 06619$7,936$7,363
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64118$8,764$8,328
Stomach and digestive disorders 39217$10,198$9,350
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$39,832$36,854
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37715$20,194$18,778
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$28,176$25,777
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 33114$22,892$21,000
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc 41814$20,031$18,356
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$18,340$16,793
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17512$14,147$12,955
Bowel surgery, with complications 33012$31,220$28,634
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85412$31,869$29,248
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$8,945$8,195

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