US Health Care Costs

Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc in Maryland

MS-DRG 660: Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm with cc

$14,366typical hospital bill
$12,957typical amount paid
$9,961–$20,776range paid across 10 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $14,366 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, IncAnnapolis19$10,821$9,961
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster14$11,649$10,445
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown21$11,629$10,602
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury18$13,084$11,713
Suburban HospitalBethesda12$13,200$11,771
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick27$15,532$14,143
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia12$16,741$15,759
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore18$18,537$16,468
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie23$19,729$18,290
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton11$22,975$20,776

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.