84/100
#222 nationally
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044 · (410) 740-7890
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center 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
- 105
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #12
- 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 |
547 | $18,982 | $17,351 | -71% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
308 | $11,986 | $11,007 | -72% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
209 | $15,001 | $13,665 | -69% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
146 | $8,520 | $7,762 | -71% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
118 | $9,965 | $9,167 | -75% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $28,701 | $26,008 | -20% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $17,916 | $16,288 | -67% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $9,984 | $9,125 | -70% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $13,119 | $12,032 | -72% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $8,088 | $7,362 | -75% |
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 |
$28,701 | $26,008 | -20% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$32,137 | $28,500 | -59% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$23,150 | $20,826 | -59% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$13,154 | $11,840 | -63% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$11,845 | $10,594 | -63% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$13,170 | $12,001 | -65% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$18,031 | $16,696 | -65% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$11,856 | $10,593 | -66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pleural Effusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 186 · Inpatient stay |
$10,490 | $9,465 | -85% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$9,930 | $9,181 | -85% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$5,616 | $5,246 | -83% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$6,044 | $5,638 | -83% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$7,870 | $7,221 | -82% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$14,263 | $13,091 | -81% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$16,178 | $14,650 | -81% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$12,171 | $11,032 | -81% |
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.