US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$31,085typical hospital bill
$27,905typical amount paid
$18,709–$45,611range paid across 34 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,085 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 HospitalBethesda93$20,923$18,709
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston23$21,811$19,599
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson15$22,532$19,978
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney38$22,771$20,172
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia63$23,701$21,467
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air38$23,928$21,700
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring28$24,417$21,949
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis103$24,109$22,304
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick15$26,726$24,049
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown21$27,661$24,434
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore23$31,043$25,171
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown52$27,180$25,202
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster41$28,420$25,213
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin15$28,176$25,777
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown29$29,800$26,569
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale25$30,391$27,042
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland45$31,288$27,688
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick62$31,126$28,121
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury57$32,169$28,830
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville39$33,222$29,219
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown14$30,709$29,279
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie34$32,083$29,481
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore22$33,674$29,604
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton19$34,785$30,950
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring23$36,364$32,551
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore62$39,711$34,040
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham15$37,081$34,945
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata26$35,007$35,928
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore16$40,602$36,742
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore28$44,423$39,222
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore85$44,834$39,597
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore89$47,219$42,488
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro39$47,134$45,437
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore32$49,744$45,611

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.