US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Maryland

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$11,785typical hospital bill
$10,687typical amount paid
$6,866–$20,337range paid across 38 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $11,785 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 CenterColumbia74$7,507$6,866
Suburban HospitalBethesda86$9,170$8,227
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis173$8,905$8,244
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin18$8,764$8,328
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown28$9,382$8,455
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland33$9,542$8,489
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick91$9,254$8,490
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown79$9,330$8,613
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air59$10,044$9,162
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson66$10,286$9,250
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham51$10,112$9,551
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie51$10,361$9,551
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring35$10,984$9,883
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick26$11,019$9,933
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington19$11,246$10,061
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale80$11,372$10,267
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton33$11,469$10,269
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore44$11,733$10,414
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore49$12,256$10,663
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney37$12,013$10,710
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster44$12,293$10,894
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring62$12,159$10,940
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville84$12,912$11,456
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury70$12,915$11,615
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro22$11,838$11,639
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston29$13,217$11,839
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore21$14,602$11,879
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata20$10,992$11,988
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore54$13,546$12,000
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton38$13,381$12,789
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown24$13,564$13,108
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore28$14,768$13,410
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown39$15,135$13,533
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore50$16,627$14,552
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore28$18,418$15,230
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore38$17,690$16,279
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore30$19,329$17,087
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore68$22,861$20,337

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.