84/100
#227 nationally
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center
9000 Franklin Square Drive, Rosedale, MD 21237 · (443) 777-7850
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medstar Franklin Square 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
- 131
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #15
- 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 |
668 | $22,280 | $19,848 | -66% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
325 | $15,023 | $13,444 | -65% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
258 | $21,263 | $19,162 | -56% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $13,207 | $11,868 | -63% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
146 | $10,614 | $9,516 | -64% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
146 | $13,286 | $11,821 | -66% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $21,018 | $18,804 | -66% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $10,499 | $9,392 | -67% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $13,412 | $12,129 | -71% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $14,890 | $13,350 | -64% |
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 Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$30,853 | $27,444 | -30% |
|
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications
MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay |
$44,243 | $39,730 | -46% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$45,390 | $40,985 | -47% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$38,357 | $34,513 | -50% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
MS-DRG 918 · Inpatient stay |
$16,498 | $14,727 | -54% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$33,102 | $29,581 | -56% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$21,263 | $19,162 | -56% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$34,711 | $31,497 | -57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$33,351 | $30,237 | -85% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 395 · Inpatient stay |
$5,830 | $5,356 | -84% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$18,368 | $16,772 | -82% |
|
Ischemic Stroke, Precerebral Occlusion or Transient Ischemia with Thrombolytic Agent Wit
MS-DRG 062 · Inpatient stay |
$18,480 | $16,542 | -80% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$29,766 | $23,881 | -80% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$28,874 | $26,121 | -80% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$18,265 | $16,354 | -79% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay |
$33,060 | $29,250 | -79% |
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.