US Health Care Costs

Heart stent in Maryland

MS-DRG 322: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without mcc

$21,330typical hospital bill
$19,389typical amount paid
$12,906–$35,425range paid across 22 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,330 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
Suburban HospitalBethesda46$14,448$12,906
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury77$16,167$14,630
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland27$16,505$14,685
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie25$16,228$15,059
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis58$16,422$15,255
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale41$18,368$16,772
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson80$19,225$17,182
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air48$19,035$17,487
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore34$19,584$17,619
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown36$19,636$18,242
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster35$20,963$18,851
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston24$21,697$19,927
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia26$23,202$21,201
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore40$24,431$21,215
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick36$23,421$21,294
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring52$23,700$21,351
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton38$22,077$21,901
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville48$26,744$23,624
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore17$28,699$24,602
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore18$33,562$29,497
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore37$33,779$30,055
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro23$36,911$35,425

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.