US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$16,892typical hospital bill
$15,129typical amount paid
$10,290–$26,789range paid across 41 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $16,892 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
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown134$11,158$10,290
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia52$12,399$11,266
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown32$12,946$11,738
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick39$13,114$11,827
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster113$13,515$11,936
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick30$13,185$12,050
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring27$13,697$12,405
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton76$13,948$12,432
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin45$13,698$12,561
Suburban HospitalBethesda26$13,826$12,567
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury61$14,192$12,724
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie55$14,058$13,117
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson25$14,691$13,188
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney17$14,726$13,267
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale108$14,890$13,350
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis106$14,962$13,895
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air105$15,964$14,340
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland29$16,332$14,581
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore56$16,445$14,858
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland56$16,719$14,957
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore34$17,429$15,129
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring48$16,892$15,206
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore54$17,802$15,774
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown34$18,343$16,307
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore56$18,432$16,340
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown31$17,451$16,375
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro20$18,638$16,665
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton35$17,608$16,751
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore29$19,987$17,097
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham39$18,624$17,455
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston53$20,116$18,023
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville29$20,657$18,118
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore16$21,086$18,135
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington19$20,834$18,869
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore71$24,925$21,588
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore31$28,311$21,591
University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown23$24,167$21,970
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore46$24,920$22,015
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata49$20,700$22,728
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore20$27,982$25,831
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore16$30,391$26,789

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.