84/100
#229 nationally
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center
18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney, MD 20832 · (301) 774-8882
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Medstar Montgomery 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
- 56
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #17
- 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 |
475 | $19,624 | $17,456 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $16,697 | $14,830 | -66% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $14,723 | $13,107 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $13,481 | $12,105 | -66% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $15,129 | $13,448 | -58% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $11,140 | $10,038 | -63% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $19,720 | $17,444 | -64% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $12,150 | $10,948 | -63% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $12,445 | $11,173 | -69% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $16,976 | $15,060 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$14,618 | $12,956 | -55% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$60,942 | $53,828 | -58% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$15,129 | $13,448 | -58% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$12,013 | $10,710 | -61% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$13,583 | $12,131 | -61% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$22,125 | $19,576 | -61% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$13,828 | $12,363 | -62% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$11,140 | $10,038 | -63% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$7,786 | $6,931 | -82% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$23,882 | $21,156 | -79% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$15,104 | $13,583 | -79% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$25,314 | $22,434 | -78% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$17,308 | $15,327 | -77% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$40,523 | $36,335 | -77% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$15,466 | $13,703 | -77% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$61,795 | $54,894 | -77% |
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.