US Health Care Costs

Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) in Maryland

MS-DRG 267: Endovascular cardiac valve replacement and supplement procedures without mcc

$69,251typical hospital bill
$61,468typical amount paid
$48,240–$98,378range paid across 10 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,251 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
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore119$54,181$48,240
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis14$57,447$52,621
Suburban HospitalBethesda42$58,580$53,331
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore176$64,014$57,193
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore29$66,841$58,696
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury84$71,661$64,239
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring84$76,754$68,762
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore119$87,047$81,760
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson110$93,683$84,168
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland33$111,113$98,378

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.