US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in Maryland

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$10,048typical hospital bill
$9,202typical amount paid
$6,521–$16,601range paid across 13 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $10,048 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
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis26$7,069$6,521
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick21$8,760$7,948
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air11$9,273$8,469
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale19$9,713$8,663
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson22$9,631$8,678
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring13$10,048$9,149
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham19$9,846$9,202
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie15$10,960$10,076
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville11$11,531$10,217
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore11$12,163$10,678
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore26$13,425$11,859
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster12$16,877$14,871
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore17$18,815$16,601

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.