Sepsis in Maryland

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$14,587typical hospital bill

$12,927typical amount paid

$9,167–$24,520range paid across 39 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $14,587 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
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	118	$9,965	$9,167
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin	66	$11,261	$10,360
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	149	$11,239	$10,432
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton	24	$11,908	$10,698
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	131	$12,131	$10,960
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	86	$12,623	$11,300
Calverthealth Medical Center	Prince Frederick	44	$12,557	$11,349
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	169	$12,626	$11,429
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	134	$12,445	$11,513
Garrett Regional Medical Center	Oakland	32	$13,262	$11,756
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	69	$12,662	$11,817
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	146	$13,286	$11,821
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	109	$12,926	$11,895
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	158	$13,314	$12,065
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center	Olney	83	$13,481	$12,105
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore	63	$13,784	$12,500
University of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton	Easton	78	$13,966	$12,549
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	64	$13,428	$12,741
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	94	$14,499	$12,863
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Ctr	Fort Washington	32	$14,675	$12,927
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown	65	$14,754	$13,291
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	69	$14,800	$13,323
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	183	$15,575	$14,046
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	78	$15,472	$14,133
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	163	$16,387	$14,473
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore	84	$16,768	$14,555
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	83	$16,981	$15,083
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	53	$17,563	$15,288
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	79	$16,210	$15,462
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	50	$17,877	$15,898
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	27	$17,669	$16,351
University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata	57	$14,587	$16,467
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	93	$18,707	$16,637
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	57	$19,246	$16,948
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	11	$19,167	$17,007
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore	11	$21,837	$19,233
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	61	$22,145	$19,789
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	26	$23,519	$23,377
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	41	$27,867	$24,520

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.