US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$14,478typical hospital bill
$13,071typical amount paid
$8,587–$24,374range paid across 38 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $14,478 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
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown20$9,652$8,587
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia65$10,108$9,264
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis151$10,974$10,137
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton34$11,503$10,274
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring53$11,592$10,463
Suburban HospitalBethesda59$11,768$10,510
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown101$11,580$10,749
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale68$12,500$11,201
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson70$12,717$11,481
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick26$12,767$11,558
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick90$12,783$11,638
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston67$13,568$12,227
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air118$13,935$12,603
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie65$13,664$12,614
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin27$13,897$12,737
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland30$14,421$12,838
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington15$14,612$12,846
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney25$14,648$13,025
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore80$14,772$13,068
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring62$14,536$13,073
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore23$14,770$13,085
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham79$13,960$13,199
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown24$13,836$13,220
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville63$16,132$14,251
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury76$15,913$14,273
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster80$16,539$14,692
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore21$16,878$15,121
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown46$17,280$15,276
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro33$16,015$15,369
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata31$13,978$15,470
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore62$17,686$15,477
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton38$16,882$16,535
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore44$18,739$16,599
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore23$19,775$17,487
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore31$21,239$18,641
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore64$21,572$18,988
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore22$24,997$22,972
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore47$27,782$24,374

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.