Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc in Maryland

MS-DRG 472: Cervical spinal fusion with cc

$52,041typical hospital bill

$46,399typical amount paid

$28,033–$63,838range paid across 12 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $52,041 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
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	26	$31,324	$28,033
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	13	$32,792	$30,599
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore	29	$36,025	$31,279
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	11	$41,572	$36,541
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	13	$47,345	$42,790
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	18	$50,339	$44,419
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	60	$54,849	$48,379
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	16	$53,743	$52,365
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	17	$59,666	$52,388
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	12	$62,405	$57,517
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	14	$65,813	$59,659
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	41	$69,306	$63,838

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.