US Health Care Costs

Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities in Maryland

MS-DRG 483: Major joint or limb reattachment procedures of upper extremities

$34,110typical hospital bill
$31,062typical amount paid
$23,995–$37,955range paid across 6 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,110 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
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia26$26,596$23,995
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson11$26,989$24,002
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown55$31,233$29,396
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore82$36,988$32,727
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore24$39,817$35,723
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville17$42,990$37,955

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.