US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 165: Major chest procedures without cc/mcc

$28,793typical hospital bill
$26,554typical amount paid
$15,423–$32,299range paid across 6 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,793 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, IncAnnapolis23$16,549$15,423
Suburban HospitalBethesda11$18,097$17,294
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale21$28,787$26,230
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore29$28,798$26,878
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore11$32,101$29,619
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore14$36,372$32,299

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.