US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Maryland

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$14,382typical hospital bill
$13,274typical amount paid
$8,508–$26,521range paid across 21 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $14,382 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
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis34$9,120$8,508
Suburban HospitalBethesda12$10,892$9,897
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown24$10,982$10,165
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia17$11,336$10,456
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring32$12,024$10,844
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick52$11,917$10,858
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson59$13,237$11,829
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton12$12,725$12,033
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale27$13,182$12,056
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air24$13,633$12,580
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie27$14,382$13,274
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville13$15,986$14,152
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston13$15,909$14,242
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore21$17,385$15,405
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore21$17,496$15,474
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury22$18,757$16,889
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster15$20,742$18,375
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore11$21,869$19,338
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro11$19,178$19,458
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore29$25,414$22,612
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore20$28,909$26,521

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.