Medical Back Problems with Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 551: Medical back problems with mcc

$18,447typical hospital bill

$16,455typical amount paid

$12,969–$48,825range paid across 9 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $18,447 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	20	$14,636	$12,969
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	12	$17,334	$15,435
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	18	$17,521	$15,998
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	13	$18,447	$16,423
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	16	$17,791	$16,455
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	19	$30,987	$27,096
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	17	$39,595	$34,725
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	21	$45,500	$39,759
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	14	$48,886	$48,825

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.