US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$26,867typical hospital bill
$23,701typical amount paid
$16,354–$60,346range paid across 23 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,867 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
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale54$18,265$16,354
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie24$18,067$16,645
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia23$18,576$17,265
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown20$19,531$18,054
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis53$20,639$19,279
Suburban HospitalBethesda28$22,146$20,021
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick59$22,300$20,124
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring21$23,313$20,867
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton36$23,672$23,122
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury34$25,952$23,280
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson88$26,401$23,578
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster16$26,867$23,701
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air40$26,874$24,081
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville13$27,306$24,259
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro16$28,534$27,784
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland22$31,729$28,067
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston17$34,747$31,038
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore33$35,962$31,210
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore113$35,971$31,410
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore22$42,884$37,280
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore22$49,736$42,439
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore70$51,537$46,610
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore57$68,052$60,346

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.