US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$11,571typical hospital bill
$10,576typical amount paid
$6,447–$13,832range paid across 34 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $11,571 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
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia35$6,985$6,447
Suburban HospitalBethesda50$7,401$6,643
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis90$7,973$7,461
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown48$8,016$7,483
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson61$8,284$7,577
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring32$8,721$7,851
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown13$8,639$7,887
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick65$8,811$7,962
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton32$9,629$8,528
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney22$9,661$8,588
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale76$10,097$9,053
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville69$10,804$9,581
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air70$10,649$9,676
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown24$11,036$9,781
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie51$10,866$10,099
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore25$11,690$10,301
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata14$9,926$10,496
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore33$11,944$10,657
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton23$11,453$10,716
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury48$11,959$10,834
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland52$12,175$10,843
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham22$11,705$10,844
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown22$12,617$11,336
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring32$12,564$11,393
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore21$12,644$11,418
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster66$13,159$11,719
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore72$13,511$11,968
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore39$13,762$12,044
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore21$13,570$12,047
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore48$13,838$12,243
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick23$13,820$12,401
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston38$13,875$12,416
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore21$14,531$13,400
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore45$15,714$13,832

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.