Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) in Maryland

MS-DRG 208: Respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support <=96 hours

$34,606typical hospital bill

$30,587typical amount paid

$17,672–$51,337range paid across 25 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,606 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	13	$19,488	$17,672
Frederick Health Hospital	Frederick	17	$20,715	$18,876
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	29	$24,710	$22,263
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	18	$28,021	$25,089
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	30	$27,327	$25,384
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown	11	$30,709	$27,616
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	17	$33,133	$28,951
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	19	$30,430	$29,009
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center	Columbia	16	$32,076	$29,127
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	17	$33,349	$29,835
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	22	$34,219	$30,234
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	19	$33,254	$30,559
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown	42	$34,606	$30,587
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	17	$36,255	$32,080
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	45	$34,685	$32,247
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	21	$37,175	$32,660
Medstar Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	14	$37,860	$33,987
Saint Agnes Hospital	Baltimore	36	$39,552	$34,370
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	21	$38,223	$35,457
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	19	$40,596	$36,049
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore	13	$42,031	$37,132
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	26	$41,875	$37,182
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	19	$44,042	$42,260
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	25	$46,233	$42,700
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	36	$58,680	$51,337

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.