84/100
#237 nationally
Northwest Hospital Center
5401 Old Court Road, Randallstown, MD 21133 · (410) 521-2200
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwest Hospital Center 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
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #22
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 |
299 | $28,260 | $25,000 | -57% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
198 | $20,433 | $18,113 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
176 | $22,192 | $19,700 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $22,707 | $20,081 | -53% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
101 | $25,105 | $22,268 | -54% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
93 | $18,707 | $16,637 | -52% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $12,902 | $11,486 | -57% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $16,816 | $14,903 | -49% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $16,576 | $14,705 | -64% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $20,835 | $18,689 | -63% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$24,444 | $21,615 | -37% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$18,265 | $16,157 | -40% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$20,433 | $18,113 | -43% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$22,680 | $20,033 | -44% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$29,367 | $25,938 | -45% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$20,111 | $17,965 | -46% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$17,705 | $15,668 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$17,240 | $15,234 | -48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$11,695 | $10,473 | -73% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$75,127 | $66,788 | -72% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$10,653 | $9,476 | -71% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$51,933 | $45,847 | -71% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$16,873 | $15,318 | -71% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$34,606 | $30,587 | -70% |
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$22,716 | $20,065 | -69% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$21,253 | $19,045 | -69% |
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.