50/100
#1,273 nationally
United Medical Center
1310 Southern Avenue Se, Washington, DC 20032 · (202) 574-6000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, United Medical Center billed $3.43 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in DC
- #3
- 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 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $14,757 | $2,801 | -24% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $19,460 | $12,525 | -46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $49,512 | $13,018 | +14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $86,746 | $21,532 | +33% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $68,068 | $12,856 | +63% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $126,091 | $42,249 | -29% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $38,796 | $8,289 | +27% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $49,148 | $12,945 | -7% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $89,279 | $18,959 | +200% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $58,045 | $14,407 | +20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$89,279 | $18,959 | +200% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$68,068 | $12,856 | +63% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$86,746 | $21,532 | +33% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$38,796 | $8,289 | +27% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$58,045 | $14,407 | +20% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$49,512 | $13,018 | +14% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$49,148 | $12,945 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,314 | $1,947 | -12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$19,460 | $12,525 | -46% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$23,159 | $8,492 | -38% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$126,091 | $42,249 | -29% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$198,623 | $63,658 | -26% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,757 | $2,801 | -24% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$46,143 | $14,932 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,314 | $1,947 | -12% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$49,148 | $12,945 | -7% |
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.