US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Maryland

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$11,873typical hospital bill
$10,833typical amount paid
$7,762–$17,125range paid across 40 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $11,873 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 CenterColumbia146$8,520$7,762
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown60$9,282$8,296
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick146$9,345$8,461
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown95$9,183$8,480
Suburban HospitalBethesda116$9,818$8,767
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis347$9,698$8,973
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington30$10,325$9,140
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson64$10,484$9,336
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air104$10,341$9,375
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring71$10,408$9,390
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin40$10,313$9,456
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale146$10,614$9,516
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton35$10,940$9,732
University of Md Shore Medical Center at EastonEaston49$11,046$9,900
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster125$11,281$10,018
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney58$11,140$10,038
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham87$10,782$10,058
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore74$11,274$10,071
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie82$11,386$10,504
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland47$12,020$10,682
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore153$12,433$10,983
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring90$12,290$11,049
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury68$12,478$11,174
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore32$12,988$11,190
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore38$12,345$11,218
Garrett Regional Medical CenterOakland15$12,823$11,377
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown33$11,874$11,457
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown65$12,902$11,486
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville88$13,098$11,566
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton20$11,892$11,643
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick32$13,258$11,914
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore25$13,848$12,253
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore55$14,848$12,979
University of Md Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata37$11,873$13,096
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro24$13,578$13,399
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore13$15,754$14,494
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore116$17,362$15,370
University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown15$17,642$16,134
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore65$19,188$16,754
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore66$19,437$17,125

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.