84/100
#216 nationally
Garrett Regional Medical Center
251 North Fourth Street, Oakland, MD 21550 · (301) 533-4173
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Garrett Regional Medical Center billed $1.12 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
- 12
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #8
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 |
87 | $20,776 | $18,461 | -68% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $27,996 | $24,967 | -65% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $16,058 | $14,267 | -63% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $13,262 | $11,756 | -66% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $16,332 | $14,581 | -61% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $13,293 | $11,809 | -58% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $12,823 | $11,377 | -57% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $16,053 | $14,256 | -66% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $10,510 | $9,321 | -66% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $15,674 | $13,909 | -52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$15,674 | $13,909 | -52% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$12,823 | $11,377 | -57% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$13,293 | $11,809 | -58% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$16,332 | $14,581 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$16,058 | $14,267 | -63% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$27,996 | $24,967 | -65% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$16,053 | $14,256 | -66% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$18,613 | $16,530 | -66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$2,058 | $1,849 | -91% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$20,776 | $18,461 | -68% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$10,510 | $9,321 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$13,262 | $11,756 | -66% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$18,613 | $16,530 | -66% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$16,053 | $14,256 | -66% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$27,996 | $24,967 | -65% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$16,058 | $14,267 | -63% |
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.