Bowel surgery, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$51,724typical hospital bill

$45,999typical amount paid

$36,045–$80,852range paid across 24 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,724 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
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	18	$39,998	$36,045
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	16	$41,888	$36,790
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	45	$42,187	$39,129
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	18	$45,787	$40,453
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	26	$45,724	$41,506
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	19	$46,917	$42,243
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	19	$47,222	$43,642
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	18	$50,133	$44,408
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	30	$48,408	$44,418
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin	21	$48,602	$44,701
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	21	$49,401	$44,803
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	14	$51,933	$45,847
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	26	$51,515	$46,152
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore	11	$57,172	$50,447
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	18	$57,284	$50,578
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	15	$52,347	$51,177
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	16	$60,983	$54,739
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	33	$65,206	$58,949
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	29	$70,889	$59,050
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	12	$74,322	$69,844
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	19	$83,156	$72,999
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	44	$86,173	$76,132
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	12	$89,336	$77,662
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	33	$91,805	$80,852

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.