US Health Care Costs

Ventricular Shunt Procedures with Cc in Maryland

MS-DRG 032: Ventricular shunt procedures with cc

$36,875typical hospital bill
$32,583typical amount paid
$24,388–$40,779range paid across 2 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,875 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
Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimore12$27,729$24,388
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore14$46,021$40,779

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.