US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Maryland

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$16,125typical hospital bill
$14,610typical amount paid
$7,802–$43,633range paid across 36 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $16,125 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
Union Hospital of Cecil CountyElkton28$8,670$7,802
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical CenterColumbia77$10,266$9,315
Meritus Medical CenterHagerstown47$10,773$9,880
Suburban HospitalBethesda83$11,730$10,428
Saint Agnes HospitalBaltimore11$12,810$11,142
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterOlney46$12,445$11,173
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical CenterGlen Burnie27$12,194$11,286
Atlantic General HospitalBerlin21$13,601$12,456
Frederick Health HospitalFrederick54$14,188$12,775
University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterTowson29$14,562$12,954
Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical CtrFort Washington14$14,852$13,067
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring55$14,547$13,222
Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale55$15,068$13,486
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, IncAnnapolis154$14,880$13,761
Holy Cross Germantown HospitalGermantown41$15,627$13,884
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville29$16,012$14,120
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital CenterClinton17$15,055$14,191
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, IncLanham54$15,471$14,389
Western Maryland Regional Medical CenterCumberland16$16,737$14,832
Calverthealth Medical CenterPrince Frederick32$16,623$14,932
Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalBaltimore19$16,999$15,091
University of Md Capital Region Medical CenterUpper Marlboro12$17,151$15,230
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster52$17,267$15,259
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, IncSalisbury18$16,991$15,263
Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalLeonardtown19$16,238$15,660
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterSilver Spring57$18,504$16,592
Medstar Harbor HospitalBaltimore28$18,483$16,611
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical CenterBel Air50$18,646$16,699
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore85$18,948$16,751
Medstar Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore11$19,422$17,139
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore26$21,466$18,690
Northwest Hospital CenterRandallstown32$22,680$20,033
University of Md Shore Medical Ctr at ChestertownChestertown11$25,041$22,755
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore16$29,373$26,901
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore37$31,101$27,346
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore34$49,699$43,633

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.