US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$22,729typical hospital bill
$20,586typical amount paid
$12,663–$37,963range paid across 27 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $22,729 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
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury21$14,042$12,663
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson11$15,783$14,241
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster17$16,815$14,894
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton22$17,339$15,941
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore24$19,929$16,199
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick19$18,703$16,751
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis33$18,353$16,962
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale34$20,129$17,924
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown23$19,728$19,328
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick13$21,585$19,454
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney16$22,125$19,576
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie30$21,456$19,957
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore16$22,729$20,074
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore17$23,367$20,586
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia31$23,150$20,826
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore14$23,917$20,884
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata20$18,305$21,688
Suburban HospitalBethesda21$24,991$22,424
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring17$25,283$22,695
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown19$26,516$23,684
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston25$27,207$24,316
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham19$26,065$24,499
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro14$25,582$24,593
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring13$31,407$28,145
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air16$31,750$29,069
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore16$35,783$31,643
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore18$43,132$37,963

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.