83/100
#274 nationally
Mercy Medical Center Inc
301 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, MD 21202 · (410) 332-9237
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Medical Center Inc billed $1.15 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
- 1.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 58
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #33
- 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 91% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $54,172 | $47,088 | -76% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $19,935 | $17,288 | -54% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $32,090 | $28,074 | -51% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $42,765 | $37,003 | -57% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $17,027 | $14,665 | -47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $12,988 | $11,190 | -56% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $12,766 | $11,065 | -67% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $37,692 | $32,974 | -71% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $27,821 | $24,194 | -65% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $36,025 | $31,279 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$29,317 | $25,299 | -21% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$31,826 | $27,644 | -34% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$18,418 | $15,230 | -40% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$19,423 | $16,746 | -42% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$23,157 | $20,260 | -42% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$17,059 | $14,771 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$21,837 | $19,233 | -44% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$17,027 | $14,665 | -47% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$55,470 | $48,967 | -82% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$54,172 | $47,088 | -76% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$19,395 | $16,727 | -75% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$37,537 | $32,278 | -74% |
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 742 · Inpatient stay |
$23,509 | $20,838 | -74% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$26,564 | $22,933 | -74% |
|
Single Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical
MS-DRG 402 · Inpatient stay |
$37,701 | $33,024 | -74% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$23,219 | $19,957 | -73% |
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.