84/100
#213 nationally
Carroll Hospital Center
200 Memorial Avenue, Westminster, MD 21157 · (410) 848-3000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Carroll Hospital Center billed $1.13 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
- 92
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #6
- 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 |
359 | $26,340 | $23,278 | -60% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
249 | $16,659 | $14,753 | -62% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
138 | $20,685 | $18,273 | -57% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $11,281 | $10,018 | -62% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $13,515 | $11,936 | -68% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $14,499 | $12,863 | -63% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $22,742 | $20,082 | -59% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $9,964 | $8,910 | -69% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $16,184 | $14,436 | -65% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $16,539 | $14,692 | -60% |
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 |
$23,722 | $21,011 | -34% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$105,909 | $93,127 | -36% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$14,957 | $13,404 | -52% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$24,163 | $21,727 | -53% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$21,287 | $18,842 | -56% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$13,159 | $11,719 | -57% |
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$16,877 | $14,871 | -57% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$20,685 | $18,273 | -57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$9,568 | $8,476 | -86% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$16,980 | $14,897 | -80% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$20,963 | $18,851 | -79% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$11,649 | $10,445 | -79% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$9,012 | $7,999 | -79% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$8,865 | $7,835 | -79% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$16,643 | $14,690 | -78% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$8,682 | $8,011 | -77% |
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.