Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon Without Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 269: Aortic and heart assist procedures except pulsation balloon without mcc

$81,367typical hospital bill

$72,003typical amount paid

$64,064–$144,980range paid across 8 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $81,367 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	12	$70,697	$64,064
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	14	$74,071	$65,950
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	18	$76,949	$68,081
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	40	$80,821	$70,823
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	12	$82,987	$73,183
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	26	$81,912	$73,382
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	11	$105,909	$93,127
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	31	$157,495	$144,980

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.