US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$23,150typical hospital bill
$20,346typical amount paid
$11,789–$33,925range paid across 36 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,150 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 CountyElkton19$13,396$11,789
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia80$16,328$14,791
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney43$16,976$15,060
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick56$17,041$15,454
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick32$18,550$16,636
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown86$18,393$16,990
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury56$19,103$17,067
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson33$19,958$17,726
Suburban HospitalBethesda90$19,751$17,732
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale53$19,969$17,975
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore31$22,781$18,323
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown17$19,688$18,518
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham42$20,182$18,684
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown56$20,835$18,689
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown15$21,159$18,884
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston45$21,658$19,416
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland53$21,578$19,418
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis82$21,132$19,450
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air63$23,518$21,242
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster51$24,080$21,401
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring32$24,380$21,909
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore16$25,004$22,254
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville28$25,430$22,497
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie63$25,069$23,142
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro26$23,863$23,793
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring43$27,662$24,982
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore22$28,773$25,425
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton46$25,915$25,474
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore40$29,485$25,964
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore56$30,636$26,955
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore65$29,281$26,995
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore89$32,854$28,989
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore51$33,293$29,266
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore37$34,740$30,168
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata42$29,348$33,767
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore17$37,374$33,925

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.