US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Maryland

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$14,802typical hospital bill
$13,520typical amount paid
$9,740–$26,352range paid across 37 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $14,802 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 CenterColumbia78$10,682$9,740
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton21$11,315$10,085
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown23$11,375$10,256
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown73$11,577$10,701
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin34$11,754$10,780
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air109$11,900$10,828
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis170$11,910$11,017
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham56$12,164$11,305
Suburban HospitalBethesda68$12,842$11,422
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick83$12,982$11,711
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury102$13,158$11,822
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale108$13,412$12,129
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson50$13,681$12,150
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown30$13,131$12,518
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick32$14,718$13,202
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster67$14,934$13,274
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston38$14,802$13,291
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie73$14,477$13,447
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore25$14,842$13,520
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton77$14,540$13,594
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring55$14,946$13,610
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville88$15,503$13,658
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland56$15,564$13,880
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore26$16,255$14,412
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown56$16,576$14,705
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney31$16,475$14,722
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata47$13,641$14,938
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore45$18,016$15,128
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore45$17,940$15,169
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore15$17,800$15,412
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring63$17,311$15,553
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore51$18,406$15,812
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro46$17,983$16,615
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore26$19,024$16,830
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore118$25,109$22,229
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore74$27,871$25,137
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore43$29,878$26,352

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.