Back Problems (without major complications) cost in Baltimore, MD

MS-DRG 552 · 10 hospitals in Baltimore

Charges here run from $12,066 to $38,007 — a difference of $25,940 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Maryland hospital charges $13,102.

Hospitals in Baltimore, cheapest first

Hospital	Charged	Actually paid	Patients
A Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore, MD	$12,066 8% below the state average	$10,694	26
A Mercy Medical Center Inc Baltimore, MD	$12,766	$11,065	30
A Saint Agnes Hospital Baltimore, MD	$13,000	$11,299	15
A Greater Baltimore Medical Center Baltimore, MD	$13,341	$11,817	58
A Medstar Harbor Hospital Baltimore, MD	$13,905 6% above the state average	$12,437	23
A Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore, MD	$16,620 27% above the state average	$14,615	34
A Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore, MD	$18,288 40% above the state average	$16,237	28
A Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	$22,626 73% above the state average	$19,975	46
B Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Baltimore, MD	$22,878 75% above the state average	$20,127	39
B University Of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD	$38,007 190% above the state average	$34,878	25

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.