US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Maryland

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$10,323typical hospital bill
$9,258typical amount paid
$6,364–$13,628range paid across 12 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $10,323 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
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham12$6,851$6,364
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick23$7,362$6,730
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis12$7,343$6,898
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air11$9,250$8,334
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland13$10,102$8,973
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster14$10,305$9,241
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring20$10,341$9,275
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore19$11,243$9,899
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore11$12,146$10,756
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore14$12,348$10,877
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore18$12,764$11,263
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore12$14,864$13,628

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.