US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$24,993typical hospital bill
$22,137typical amount paid
$13,091–$72,120range paid across 35 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,993 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 CenterColumbia54$14,263$13,091
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick26$15,621$14,181
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster30$16,643$14,690
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney27$17,308$15,327
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson20$17,629$15,659
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton13$17,641$15,819
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown49$18,711$17,426
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown14$20,270$17,966
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air41$19,854$18,236
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick48$20,700$18,711
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore31$22,014$19,452
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie47$21,574$20,033
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore30$28,379$20,710
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston29$23,728$21,219
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring32$24,046$21,704
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring48$24,086$21,796
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury69$24,337$22,122
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore26$24,993$22,137
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland48$25,403$22,533
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale90$25,963$22,777
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis103$24,894$23,084
Suburban HospitalBethesda62$26,863$23,812
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham43$25,641$24,041
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville68$27,715$24,338
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore14$27,599$24,577
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton35$28,110$25,599
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown37$29,012$25,628
University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore12$33,427$29,860
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore78$39,219$34,166
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata33$33,841$37,250
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore22$41,564$37,687
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro43$44,911$40,558
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore83$49,215$45,170
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore63$51,587$45,346
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore68$83,466$72,120

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.