US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat in Maryland

MS-DRG 310: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders without cc/mcc

$8,623typical hospital bill
$7,942typical amount paid
$4,527–$19,481range paid across 22 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $8,623 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, IncAnnapolis45$4,813$4,527
Suburban HospitalBethesda27$5,347$4,926
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia18$5,920$5,198
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton13$5,962$5,574
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick39$6,484$5,947
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson19$7,217$6,545
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville31$8,447$7,535
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie11$8,131$7,537
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air35$8,485$7,667
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring24$8,596$7,802
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster24$8,395$7,857
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown20$8,650$8,026
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore15$9,522$8,468
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore15$9,695$8,661
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale18$9,644$8,677
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland18$10,072$8,974
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston12$10,352$9,429
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown13$9,957$9,792
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore38$11,316$10,218
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury16$11,544$10,361
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown11$12,291$10,878
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore18$21,967$19,481

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.