Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$54,237typical hospital bill

$48,156typical amount paid

$31,814–$119,157range paid across 37 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,237 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	30	$32,476	$31,814
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton	20	$39,402	$34,876
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center	Olney	38	$40,523	$36,335
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin	17	$39,832	$36,854
Calverthealth Medical Center	Prince Frederick	22	$42,577	$38,325
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown	30	$43,134	$38,650
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	72	$43,063	$39,049
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	50	$44,100	$39,284
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	67	$42,881	$39,484
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	48	$45,227	$40,107
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	65	$44,771	$41,383
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	66	$46,883	$42,284
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	85	$48,846	$43,858
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore	30	$50,859	$45,680
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	101	$50,363	$46,452
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	88	$52,479	$47,311
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	67	$53,642	$47,418
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	52	$61,441	$47,840
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore	72	$54,237	$48,156
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Ctr	Fort Washington	12	$56,017	$49,061
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	56	$55,273	$49,512
University of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton	Easton	42	$55,951	$50,038
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	62	$54,843	$50,198
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	60	$58,047	$51,989
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	89	$57,532	$53,353
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	52	$60,444	$53,607
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	47	$58,690	$54,369
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	48	$61,790	$54,666
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	45	$61,615	$57,893
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	29	$76,631	$59,169
University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata	63	$53,023	$60,554
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	33	$87,338	$69,155
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	27	$74,565	$73,685
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	40	$84,675	$75,031
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	67	$103,878	$91,097
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	83	$121,734	$110,145
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	54	$135,754	$119,157

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.