US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$13,791typical hospital bill
$12,387typical amount paid
$8,562–$21,323range paid across 40 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $13,791 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
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton55$9,487$8,562
Suburban HospitalBethesda60$10,058$8,946
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia96$9,984$9,125
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown75$10,062$9,307
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown25$10,560$9,443
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick72$10,630$9,739
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale63$10,998$9,964
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson47$11,219$9,990
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin31$10,906$10,043
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie70$11,171$10,297
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis135$11,402$10,533
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air76$11,963$10,829
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney49$12,150$10,948
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham55$11,956$11,192
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring45$12,388$11,319
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore64$13,106$11,414
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington16$13,032$11,441
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore30$14,373$11,614
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster72$13,542$12,031
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore21$13,545$12,284
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland26$14,037$12,490
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick27$14,348$12,901
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury94$14,371$12,931
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton35$12,985$12,947
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring49$14,361$12,958
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro21$16,840$13,846
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland14$15,674$13,909
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore14$16,339$14,330
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston38$16,201$14,442
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore54$16,518$14,549
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown61$16,816$14,903
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown28$15,235$14,929
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore42$17,448$15,533
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville26$17,961$15,935
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore69$18,670$16,472
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore26$20,837$18,578
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata19$16,469$18,908
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore101$22,587$18,909
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore22$23,260$19,138
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore41$23,307$21,323

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.