US Health Care Costs

Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents in Maryland

MS-DRG 321: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with mcc or 4+ arteries/

$32,727typical hospital bill
$29,904typical amount paid
$20,149–$52,566range paid across 22 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,727 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, IncAnnapolis20$21,618$20,149
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury36$24,737$22,421
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air39$24,573$22,613
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson59$26,304$23,392
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore47$27,491$24,584
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie12$26,782$24,990
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland33$28,414$25,206
Suburban HospitalBethesda25$28,558$26,087
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale21$28,874$26,121
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown30$30,308$27,954
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster21$32,824$29,112
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston18$34,046$30,695
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick19$34,420$30,698
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton26$32,630$31,243
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore29$38,297$33,326
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring51$40,417$36,232
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville31$41,132$36,333
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore23$48,085$42,573
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore15$50,457$43,943
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro18$45,934$45,151
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore11$53,973$46,985
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore22$57,047$52,566

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.