84/100
#228 nationally
Medstar Harbor Hospital
3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225 · (410) 350-3201
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medstar Harbor Hospital billed $1.11 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
- 47
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #16
- 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 |
225 | $23,848 | $21,501 | -63% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
180 | $20,676 | $18,660 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $21,110 | $18,394 | -51% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $20,776 | $18,782 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $13,784 | $12,500 | -65% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $16,445 | $14,858 | -61% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $13,242 | $11,994 | -64% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $12,345 | $11,218 | -59% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $17,787 | $16,462 | -68% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $18,480 | $16,952 | -70% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$43,365 | $39,261 | -13% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$20,676 | $18,660 | -43% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$17,913 | $16,228 | -43% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$40,930 | $37,320 | -51% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$40,602 | $36,742 | -51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$21,110 | $18,394 | -51% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$14,768 | $13,410 | -52% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$15,287 | $13,926 | -52% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$9,845 | $8,879 | -78% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$12,888 | $11,607 | -75% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$50,859 | $45,680 | -71% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$14,899 | $13,808 | -70% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$18,480 | $16,952 | -70% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$12,921 | $12,006 | -68% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$11,762 | $10,762 | -68% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$11,097 | $10,055 | -68% |
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.