US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$11,611typical hospital bill
$10,434typical amount paid
$7,532–$16,329range paid across 36 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $11,611 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
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown48$8,048$7,532
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham22$8,552$8,025
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney20$9,040$8,037
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air40$8,879$8,056
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown14$8,400$8,133
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia37$9,098$8,159
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin11$8,945$8,195
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick39$9,164$8,286
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton12$9,460$8,460
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis43$9,623$8,873
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick17$10,026$9,024
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland14$10,510$9,321
Suburban HospitalBethesda46$10,454$9,324
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton16$9,664$9,582
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale32$10,721$9,667
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson25$10,983$9,779
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury23$11,473$10,279
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore47$12,005$10,375
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown19$11,748$10,492
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland35$11,945$10,626
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown20$12,110$10,845
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie24$12,671$11,713
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston26$13,239$11,851
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring25$13,698$12,379
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata15$10,911$12,759
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster26$14,957$13,404
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore15$15,181$13,413
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville25$15,188$13,486
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore15$15,526$13,581
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring20$15,036$13,584
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore19$17,423$14,632
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore21$16,521$14,841
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore37$17,117$15,064
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore11$17,279$15,848
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore15$17,913$16,228
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore21$18,554$16,329

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.