US Health Care Costs

Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Neck Withou in Maryland

MS-DRG 004: Tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and neck withou

$156,785typical hospital bill
$142,934typical amount paid
$94,839–$194,003range paid across 6 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $156,785 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
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring12$105,962$94,839
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore11$141,644$123,267
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring18$157,724$142,146
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie12$155,846$143,721
Suburban HospitalBethesda13$177,539$160,215
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore18$221,032$194,003

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.