US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 194: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with cc

$12,677typical hospital bill
$11,407typical amount paid
$7,137–$25,002range paid across 37 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $12,677 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
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown13$7,783$7,137
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia60$7,977$7,312
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton51$9,220$8,281
Suburban HospitalBethesda40$9,487$8,494
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale34$9,715$8,859
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick98$9,956$9,111
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown78$9,741$9,207
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis192$10,206$9,416
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster67$10,713$9,484
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney15$10,879$9,653
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring17$10,882$9,954
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin24$11,022$10,114
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury41$11,761$10,542
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston33$11,943$10,701
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air81$12,043$10,844
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson53$12,172$10,880
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick28$12,212$10,984
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie59$12,243$11,389
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring52$12,677$11,407
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington15$12,819$11,607
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore19$13,461$11,630
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland19$13,293$11,809
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore17$13,425$11,944
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville39$13,728$12,123
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore93$14,061$12,155
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham37$12,794$12,250
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland37$14,073$12,563
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown19$14,454$12,614
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore13$15,917$13,272
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore29$15,622$13,620
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore14$15,287$13,926
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore49$16,086$13,986
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown36$16,157$14,299
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore47$16,957$15,167
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore31$18,036$15,929
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata28$15,991$16,591
University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown14$27,206$25,002

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.