US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 811: Red blood cell disorders with mcc

$18,324typical hospital bill
$16,522typical amount paid
$10,538–$39,256range paid across 32 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $18,324 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
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia25$11,603$10,538
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis20$11,651$10,731
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson18$12,637$11,344
Suburban HospitalBethesda20$14,002$12,426
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore13$14,575$13,098
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown33$15,543$14,694
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale31$16,551$14,836
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore14$17,127$15,064
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury22$16,936$15,160
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton14$16,544$15,174
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata12$14,750$15,578
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air43$18,236$16,185
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney15$18,310$16,218
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown13$18,338$16,265
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie23$17,813$16,396
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring17$18,061$16,396
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham14$17,702$16,648
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton15$18,731$16,856
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster12$20,481$18,098
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston12$22,331$19,970
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore19$24,429$19,990
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick17$21,910$20,100
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring17$22,846$20,463
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro15$21,923$21,204
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown11$25,541$22,625
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland13$26,727$23,766
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore18$28,273$24,968
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville14$28,408$26,038
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore21$31,914$28,053
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore20$31,489$28,913
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore13$33,480$29,081
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore56$44,793$39,256

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.