84/100
#210 nationally
Atlantic General Hospital
9733 Healthway Drive, Berlin, MD 21811 · (410) 641-1100
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Atlantic General Hospital billed $1.09 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 1.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 29
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $19,738 | $18,152 | -70% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
122 | $13,221 | $12,132 | -70% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $11,261 | $10,360 | -71% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $14,102 | $12,948 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $17,863 | $16,502 | -68% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $16,106 | $14,853 | -67% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $13,698 | $12,561 | -67% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $10,313 | $9,456 | -65% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $11,754 | $10,780 | -74% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $8,922 | $8,181 | -71% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$31,869 | $29,248 | -62% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$11,022 | $10,114 | -65% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$18,340 | $16,793 | -65% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$10,313 | $9,456 | -65% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$28,176 | $25,777 | -66% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$13,897 | $12,737 | -66% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,601 | $12,456 | -67% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$16,106 | $14,853 | -67% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$7,936 | $7,363 | -78% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$39,832 | $36,854 | -78% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$13,755 | $12,586 | -78% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$20,031 | $18,356 | -76% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$11,754 | $10,780 | -74% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$14,147 | $12,955 | -74% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$48,602 | $44,701 | -73% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$20,194 | $18,778 | -72% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.