Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Mcc in Maryland

MS-DRG 242: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with mcc

$40,466typical hospital bill

$37,247typical amount paid

$29,765–$70,800range paid across 10 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,466 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
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	14	$32,181	$29,765
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	13	$34,051	$30,438
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	29	$37,364	$32,573
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	23	$40,532	$36,285
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	19	$40,401	$37,059
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	20	$42,408	$37,435
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	14	$39,015	$37,506
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	12	$45,543	$42,637
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	12	$70,908	$63,018
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	17	$79,735	$70,800

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.