US Health Care Costs

Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Without Cc/Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 561: Aftercare, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue without cc/mcc

$30,585typical hospital bill
$26,847typical amount paid
$19,954–$36,766range paid across 6 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,585 for this stay in 2024, about 1.1 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore25$22,421$19,954
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore69$27,255$24,390
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore56$29,174$25,537
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore120$31,997$28,157
Umd Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic InstituteBaltimore30$33,169$29,297
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston22$41,178$36,766

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.