83/100
#273 nationally
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
5601 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21239 · (443) 444-3902
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital 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
- 77
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #32
- 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 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay |
303 | $32,299 | $28,549 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
295 | $28,891 | $25,691 | -56% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
162 | $19,756 | $17,568 | -54% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $31,004 | $27,627 | -35% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $30,081 | $26,746 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $16,768 | $14,555 | -57% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $12,727 | $11,295 | -61% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $11,274 | $10,071 | -62% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $54,237 | $48,156 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $24,076 | $21,408 | -50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Rehabilitation without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 946 · Inpatient stay |
$26,032 | $23,107 | about average |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 561 · Inpatient stay |
$27,255 | $24,390 | -15% |
|
Aftercare with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 949 · Inpatient stay |
$30,133 | $26,732 | -19% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay |
$30,081 | $26,746 | -26% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$31,004 | $27,627 | -35% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$47,064 | $41,965 | -36% |
|
Tendonitis, Myositis and Bursitis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 558 · Inpatient stay |
$20,274 | $18,173 | -41% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Major Complications
MS-DRG 559 · Inpatient stay |
$31,815 | $28,348 | -46% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay |
$10,601 | $9,511 | -84% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$10,365 | $9,385 | -75% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$10,964 | $9,921 | -75% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$14,575 | $13,098 | -74% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$16,858 | $15,116 | -74% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$37,986 | $34,113 | -72% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$40,951 | $36,283 | -72% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$10,035 | $8,924 | -71% |
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.