US Health Care Costs

Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in Maryland

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$11,664typical hospital bill
$10,371typical amount paid
$8,010–$19,326range paid across 24 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $11,664 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
Suburban HospitalBethesda22$8,939$8,010
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson16$9,361$8,683
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia29$9,853$8,915
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air30$10,126$9,087
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown21$10,049$9,353
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick33$10,396$9,380
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis41$10,218$9,441
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville36$10,682$9,501
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie22$10,394$9,586
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring14$11,042$9,914
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster13$11,572$10,226
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore13$11,611$10,316
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland17$11,718$10,426
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney23$11,835$10,505
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore13$11,965$10,745
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore11$11,762$10,762
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale25$12,375$11,047
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury15$12,454$11,154
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore25$12,879$11,432
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore11$15,394$13,445
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore35$16,350$14,334
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro12$18,567$17,652
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore24$21,469$18,896
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore16$21,948$19,326

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.