US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Maryland

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$20,761typical hospital bill
$18,789typical amount paid
$13,098–$176,520range paid across 39 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $20,761 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 HospitalBethesda95$14,698$13,098
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia209$15,001$13,665
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick225$15,900$14,486
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney124$16,697$14,830
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin48$16,106$14,853
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown67$16,883$15,171
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown245$16,668$15,411
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick56$17,715$15,910
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury223$17,714$15,932
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson94$19,304$17,141
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis153$18,734$17,393
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air125$20,191$18,237
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster138$20,685$18,273
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring108$20,287$18,278
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore12$21,163$18,348
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville57$20,761$18,388
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston88$20,667$18,485
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton96$20,942$18,499
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore83$20,776$18,782
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie127$20,311$18,789
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown84$19,740$18,870
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton86$20,143$18,928
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale258$21,263$19,162
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham62$21,116$19,687
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore171$23,218$20,016
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown108$22,707$20,081
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland91$23,701$21,021
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore69$24,076$21,408
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata58$20,072$21,744
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore79$27,924$24,459
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore56$28,258$24,494
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore115$28,925$25,183
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro77$27,510$26,590
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring49$29,960$26,813
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore151$31,268$27,658
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore107$39,734$34,868
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore35$61,538$57,213
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore30$115,089$103,376
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and HospitalBaltimore27$198,156$176,520

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.