US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 374: Digestive malignancy with mcc

$26,964typical hospital bill
$23,898typical amount paid
$14,897–$57,310range paid across 7 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,964 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
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster11$16,980$14,897
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale11$23,128$20,901
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown12$24,410$22,499
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson17$26,964$23,898
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie11$27,701$25,944
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore15$36,568$32,285
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore33$62,885$57,310

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.