84/100
#248 nationally
Union Hospital Of Cecil County
106 Bow Street, Elkton, MD 21921 · (410) 392-7009
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Union Hospital Of Cecil County 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
- 47
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #27
- 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 |
215 | $24,007 | $21,275 | -63% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $14,556 | $12,981 | -66% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $20,942 | $18,499 | -57% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
80 | $14,891 | $13,250 | -68% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $13,948 | $12,432 | -67% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $9,487 | $8,562 | -71% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
54 | $10,270 | $9,262 | -68% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $9,220 | $8,281 | -71% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $25,978 | $23,221 | -28% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $17,262 | $15,412 | -69% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$25,978 | $23,221 | -28% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$47,819 | $42,205 | -40% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$41,047 | $36,640 | -52% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$20,942 | $18,499 | -57% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$14,249 | $12,776 | -57% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$34,785 | $30,950 | -58% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$22,975 | $20,776 | -59% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$19,178 | $16,917 | -60% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$6,375 | $5,874 | -83% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$12,853 | $11,517 | -79% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$8,670 | $7,802 | -79% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$9,476 | $8,458 | -78% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$15,725 | $14,054 | -78% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$39,402 | $34,876 | -78% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$17,641 | $15,819 | -77% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$13,396 | $11,789 | -76% |
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.