US Health Care Costs

Fainting in Maryland

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$13,283typical hospital bill
$11,994typical amount paid
$7,406–$26,288range paid across 35 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $13,283 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 CenterColumbia75$8,136$7,406
Suburban HospitalBethesda37$8,450$7,619
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson39$8,999$8,019
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis102$8,758$8,068
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown33$9,442$8,665
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster40$10,105$8,939
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick67$10,077$9,124
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore63$10,919$9,693
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham31$10,769$9,952
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown20$10,943$9,987
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton35$11,330$10,100
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie53$11,014$10,163
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale78$11,179$10,182
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore62$11,701$10,374
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air76$11,678$10,507
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring21$12,303$11,068
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore35$13,283$11,850
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore38$13,242$11,994
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland35$13,686$12,159
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney20$13,828$12,363
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville24$14,544$12,810
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick20$14,344$12,885
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring29$15,847$14,278
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore98$16,367$14,314
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore40$14,940$14,465
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown20$16,378$14,480
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury43$16,335$14,637
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore14$16,703$15,381
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton16$15,629$15,388
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston20$17,452$15,611
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore30$19,030$16,523
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore65$18,661$17,279
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata16$15,435$17,536
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore62$21,928$19,234
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro25$27,415$26,288

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.