US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in Maryland

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$13,094typical hospital bill
$11,878typical amount paid
$7,716–$22,021range paid across 36 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $13,094 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 CenterColumbia67$8,422$7,716
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin34$8,922$8,181
Suburban HospitalBethesda69$8,876$8,273
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis133$9,116$8,430
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson52$9,726$8,756
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown95$9,578$8,818
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring29$10,062$9,141
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick94$10,175$9,204
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air61$10,505$9,405
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie62$10,296$9,609
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney32$10,587$9,652
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown19$10,940$9,712
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore20$10,786$9,761
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton46$11,489$10,340
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster53$11,917$10,573
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale68$11,860$10,691
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston34$12,158$11,003
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore33$12,796$11,678
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury52$13,397$12,077
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick34$13,391$12,140
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham43$13,401$12,399
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring41$14,255$12,837
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore15$14,396$12,993
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown19$13,904$13,271
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville62$14,860$13,326
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore92$15,065$13,370
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore23$15,242$13,490
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore36$15,360$13,612
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland30$15,509$13,768
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore45$17,306$14,510
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore27$17,059$14,771
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown22$18,265$16,157
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore36$18,588$16,453
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro17$16,524$16,845
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore44$19,281$17,179
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata15$20,389$22,021

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.