US Health Care Costs

Carotid Artery Stent Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 036: Carotid artery stent procedures without cc/mcc

$31,488typical hospital bill
$28,618typical amount paid
$20,901–$32,592range paid across 6 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,488 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
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore20$24,023$20,901
Suburban HospitalBethesda25$24,452$21,888
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury26$30,597$27,903
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air27$32,379$29,332
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie29$34,096$31,558
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore11$36,402$32,592

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.