US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$25,528typical hospital bill
$23,400typical amount paid
$17,351–$62,864range paid across 42 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,528 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
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia547$18,982$17,351
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney475$19,624$17,456
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin137$19,738$18,152
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland87$20,776$18,461
Suburban HospitalBethesda652$20,973$18,709
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick468$20,696$18,796
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air841$20,940$18,839
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick224$21,232$19,122
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown637$21,012$19,542
University of Md Harford Memorial HospitalHavre De Grace27$21,057$19,553
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury632$21,794$19,623
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown267$20,855$19,845
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale668$22,280$19,848
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton215$24,007$21,275
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore225$23,848$21,501
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington72$24,947$21,894
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland362$25,049$22,293
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown219$24,652$22,379
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston446$25,095$22,462
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson377$25,607$22,801
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster359$26,340$23,278
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis482$25,381$23,521
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham327$25,960$24,169
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton303$25,449$24,277
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring475$27,023$24,407
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie895$26,773$24,778
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown299$28,260$25,000
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore295$28,891$25,691
University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown54$28,689$26,057
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville504$29,528$26,080
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore193$30,429$26,346
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore48$32,090$28,074
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring385$31,490$28,264
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore276$32,896$28,355
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore245$33,253$28,994
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata502$27,224$29,791
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro240$35,693$34,425
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore331$40,787$35,678
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore254$44,294$38,007
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore351$53,504$47,303
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore57$54,121$47,631
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore243$65,774$62,864

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.