Heart attack, with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$12,225typical hospital bill

$10,752typical amount paid

$6,931–$18,552range paid across 29 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $12,225 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center	Olney	11	$7,786	$6,931
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton	16	$9,476	$8,458
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore	21	$9,845	$8,879
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	24	$10,243	$9,184
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	25	$10,424	$9,200
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	41	$10,164	$9,364
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	41	$10,661	$9,515
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	20	$10,303	$9,915
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore	20	$10,964	$9,921
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	29	$11,038	$10,123
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	46	$11,145	$10,295
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	13	$11,309	$10,411
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	15	$11,695	$10,473
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	35	$11,863	$10,547
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	25	$12,225	$10,752
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	52	$12,545	$11,370
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	11	$12,350	$11,510
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	33	$13,182	$11,911
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	24	$13,575	$12,065
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	18	$14,140	$12,305
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	63	$13,009	$12,356
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	25	$14,169	$12,620
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	15	$15,341	$13,762
University of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton	Easton	37	$16,369	$14,694
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	21	$17,771	$16,377
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	11	$19,631	$18,031
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	20	$18,992	$18,158
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	31	$20,885	$18,493
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	39	$21,160	$18,552

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.