US Health Care Costs

University of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus

827 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 · (410) 225-8996

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

The money

$67what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.7Mnet income, all sources
−14.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.5Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$5.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
134beds

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
Psychoses 885103$31,293$27,831
Sepsis, with major complications 87157$54,121$47,631
Heart failure, with major complications 29135$28,918$26,134
Respiratory failure 18930$115,089$103,376
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89730$11,854$10,778
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64022$26,038$23,044
Kidney failure, with complications 68322$23,260$19,138
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$19,314$17,332
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$38,223$26,738
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$37,374$33,925
COPD, with major complications 19016$30,391$26,789
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$14,396$12,993
Fainting 31214$16,703$15,381
Stroke, with major complications 06412$33,427$29,860
Other Vascular Procedures with Mcc 25212$61,124$55,601
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".