US Health Care Costs

Postoperative or Post-Traumatic Infections with O.r. Procedures with Cc in Maryland

MS-DRG 857: Postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. procedures with cc

$37,489typical hospital bill
$37,046typical amount paid
$21,151–$46,788range paid across 4 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,489 for this stay in 2024, about 1.0 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
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis17$22,687$21,151
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore12$29,075$33,322
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore25$45,902$40,770
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore28$50,685$46,788

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.