Heart attack, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$21,146typical hospital bill

$19,276typical amount paid

$11,517–$58,949range paid across 38 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,146 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
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton	33	$12,853	$11,517
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	62	$13,347	$12,201
Calverthealth Medical Center	Prince Frederick	28	$13,673	$12,240
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin	25	$13,755	$12,586
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center	Olney	16	$14,825	$13,146
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown	20	$14,727	$13,237
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	22	$14,046	$13,304
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	25	$15,397	$13,691
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	91	$15,556	$14,508
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	18	$15,999	$14,789
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	27	$16,299	$14,823
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	76	$16,231	$14,989
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore	11	$17,384	$15,584
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore	32	$18,480	$16,952
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Ctr	Fort Washington	12	$19,915	$17,410
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	52	$19,715	$17,889
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	27	$21,109	$18,653
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	124	$21,018	$18,804
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	23	$21,182	$19,029
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	23	$22,163	$19,522
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	49	$21,553	$19,994
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore	37	$22,586	$20,122
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	56	$22,523	$20,174
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	59	$23,020	$20,690
University of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton	Easton	63	$23,143	$20,724
University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata	26	$18,009	$20,756
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	119	$23,033	$22,001
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	68	$26,022	$22,970
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	44	$27,855	$24,688
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	39	$29,187	$25,326
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	27	$29,314	$25,950
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	39	$31,943	$28,066
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	95	$32,271	$28,244
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	91	$33,054	$28,830
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	29	$32,319	$29,819
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	45	$35,485	$31,422
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	65	$53,688	$47,510
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	15	$58,588	$58,949

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.