US Health Care Costs

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

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$38,428typical hospital bill
$34,335typical amount paid
$22,434–$66,471range paid across 19 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,428 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 Montgomery Medical CenterOlney14$25,314$22,434
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston14$28,314$25,315
Suburban HospitalBethesda32$29,350$26,214
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis26$27,026$26,522
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia18$30,427$27,357
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air17$31,500$27,557
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie13$35,391$32,687
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown21$37,174$34,142
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland14$38,234$34,146
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale11$38,710$34,335
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury17$38,428$34,433
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick15$45,468$40,870
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore15$49,111$43,359
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore14$52,692$48,095
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore23$60,859$52,904
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro20$56,185$54,082
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore24$63,692$56,026
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore41$71,597$62,848
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore18$75,476$66,471

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.