84/100
#233 nationally
Meritus Medical Center
11116 Medical Campus Road, Hagerstown, MD 21742 · (240) 313-9500
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Meritus Medical Center billed $1.08 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
- 129
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #21
- 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 |
637 | $21,012 | $19,542 | -68% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
288 | $12,834 | $11,844 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
245 | $16,668 | $15,411 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $11,239 | $10,432 | -71% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $35,603 | $32,883 | -13% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
134 | $11,158 | $10,290 | -73% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $13,590 | $12,574 | -71% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $19,674 | $18,102 | -64% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
101 | $11,580 | $10,749 | -72% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $14,354 | $13,136 | -60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay |
$35,603 | $32,883 | -13% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$30,407 | $28,194 | -36% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Major Complications
MS-DRG 559 · Inpatient stay |
$36,467 | $33,523 | -38% |
|
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Major
MS-DRG 556 · Inpatient stay |
$18,910 | $17,472 | -50% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$52,679 | $49,321 | -52% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$39,952 | $36,538 | -54% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$35,115 | $32,004 | -55% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$32,983 | $31,079 | -56% |
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 |
$30,118 | $27,911 | -87% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$32,647 | $30,130 | -82% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 328 · Inpatient stay |
$13,713 | $12,912 | -82% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$6,480 | $6,123 | -82% |
|
Pleural Effusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 186 · Inpatient stay |
$12,903 | $12,053 | -82% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$7,246 | $6,738 | -82% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$10,704 | $9,897 | -81% |
|
Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 964 · Inpatient stay |
$13,714 | $12,721 | -81% |
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.