84/100
#212 nationally
Calverthealth Medical Center
100 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 · (410) 535-8240
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Calverthealth Medical Center billed $1.11 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
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 |
224 | $21,232 | $19,122 | -67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
194 | $16,137 | $14,590 | -63% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $17,117 | $15,510 | -63% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $17,715 | $15,910 | -63% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $17,203 | $15,554 | -52% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $16,587 | $15,092 | -70% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $12,557 | $11,349 | -68% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $13,114 | $11,827 | -69% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $13,391 | $12,140 | -56% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $14,718 | $13,202 | -68% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$17,203 | $15,554 | -52% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$13,820 | $12,401 | -55% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$13,258 | $11,914 | -55% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$13,391 | $12,140 | -56% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$14,348 | $12,901 | -56% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$19,127 | $17,162 | -57% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$16,623 | $14,932 | -59% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$14,344 | $12,885 | -61% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$15,621 | $14,181 | -80% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$13,673 | $12,240 | -78% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$42,577 | $38,325 | -76% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$18,619 | $16,709 | -74% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$8,995 | $8,204 | -72% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$14,879 | $13,504 | -71% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$14,401 | $13,091 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$16,587 | $15,092 | -70% |
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.