84/100
#220 nationally
Holy Cross Hospital
1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 · (301) 754-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Holy Cross Hospital billed $1.10 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
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 |
475 | $27,023 | $24,407 | -59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $19,138 | $17,299 | -56% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $20,287 | $18,278 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $15,472 | $14,133 | -61% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $10,408 | $9,390 | -65% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $22,427 | $20,265 | -59% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $54,843 | $50,198 | -69% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $14,946 | $13,610 | -67% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $14,547 | $13,222 | -64% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $15,267 | $14,033 | -67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$33,172 | $29,760 | -50% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$27,662 | $24,982 | -51% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$25,399 | $22,557 | -52% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$25,283 | $22,695 | -55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$19,138 | $17,299 | -56% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$13,698 | $12,379 | -56% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$20,287 | $18,278 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$27,023 | $24,407 | -59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 743 · Inpatient stay |
$12,265 | $11,405 | -81% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$9,339 | $8,401 | -77% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay |
$30,969 | $28,417 | -77% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$33,823 | $30,500 | -77% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$15,454 | $13,889 | -77% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$8,265 | $7,804 | -76% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$45,780 | $41,425 | -76% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$9,724 | $8,932 | -73% |
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.