US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$16,907typical hospital bill
$15,280typical amount paid
$11,037–$31,751range paid across 40 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $16,907 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
Suburban HospitalBethesda56$12,379$11,037
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney40$13,106$11,709
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia90$13,119$12,032
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown121$13,590$12,574
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie42$13,625$12,625
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury71$14,261$12,828
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick96$14,053$12,860
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin62$14,102$12,948
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton80$14,891$13,250
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air89$15,180$13,554
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore18$16,472$13,615
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale71$15,508$13,684
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring54$15,267$14,033
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham71$15,245$14,236
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland14$16,053$14,256
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster82$16,184$14,436
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington12$16,306$14,485
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore26$16,050$14,577
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore44$17,105$14,944
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown48$16,432$15,076
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis183$16,709$15,484
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick67$17,117$15,510
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland37$17,923$15,886
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson36$17,922$16,005
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown43$17,122$16,076
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston50$18,046$16,189
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring98$18,618$16,719
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore26$21,450$17,753
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore98$20,275$17,869
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville63$22,297$18,186
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown52$20,799$18,362
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore29$21,426$18,548
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore24$21,113$18,784
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton33$20,445$19,000
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro21$19,565$19,052
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore52$21,751$19,175
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore20$26,507$21,254
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata45$21,330$22,789
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore46$26,705$23,433
University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown13$34,675$31,751

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.