Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$19,531typical hospital bill

$17,740typical amount paid

$11,285–$29,403range paid across 38 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $19,531 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
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Ctr	Fort Washington	19	$12,866	$11,285
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	59	$13,383	$11,989
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton	27	$13,774	$12,183
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	59	$13,739	$12,536
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	56	$14,391	$12,760
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	58	$13,886	$12,932
Calverthealth Medical Center	Prince Frederick	20	$14,401	$13,091
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown	19	$15,272	$13,561
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	51	$15,496	$13,791
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center	Olney	39	$15,676	$13,965
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	59	$15,504	$13,981
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	54	$15,690	$14,225
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	46	$15,454	$14,264
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	55	$16,258	$14,548
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	98	$15,726	$14,622
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	50	$17,391	$16,137
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	45	$18,616	$16,831
University of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton	Easton	29	$19,317	$17,264
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	51	$20,036	$17,600
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	29	$20,325	$17,880
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	18	$20,448	$18,069
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	36	$20,695	$18,285
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	55	$19,421	$18,328
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	19	$19,641	$18,400
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore	54	$20,658	$18,424
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore	31	$20,745	$18,616
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	41	$21,939	$19,071
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore	28	$24,709	$21,143
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	40	$24,297	$21,501
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	47	$25,251	$22,321
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	38	$25,363	$22,757
University of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus	Baltimore	22	$26,038	$23,044
University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata	35	$22,007	$24,707
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	40	$28,672	$25,247
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	34	$28,855	$25,313
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	28	$29,473	$28,396
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	53	$32,334	$29,161
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	77	$33,496	$29,403

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.