Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical Without Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 448: Multiple level spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$62,680typical hospital bill

$58,524typical amount paid

$38,322–$83,643range paid across 4 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $62,680 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
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	11	$43,590	$38,322
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	16	$63,487	$56,817
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	14	$61,873	$60,231
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	21	$89,733	$83,643

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.