84/100
#250 nationally
University Of Md Charles Regional Medical Center
5 Garrett Avenue, La Plata, MD 20646 · (301) 609-4265
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Md Charles Regional Medical Center billed $0.91 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
- 0.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 42
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #29
- 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 |
502 | $27,224 | $29,791 | -58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $19,018 | $20,963 | -56% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $53,023 | $60,554 | -70% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $20,072 | $21,744 | -59% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $14,587 | $16,467 | -63% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $20,700 | $22,728 | -51% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $13,641 | $14,938 | -70% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
45 | $21,330 | $22,789 | -54% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $29,348 | $33,767 | -48% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $11,873 | $13,096 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$20,389 | $22,021 | -33% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$29,348 | $33,767 | -48% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$15,991 | $16,591 | -50% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$16,469 | $18,908 | -50% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$20,700 | $22,728 | -51% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$21,330 | $22,789 | -54% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$22,007 | $24,707 | -55% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$33,841 | $37,250 | -56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$21,138 | $24,382 | -84% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$8,808 | $9,691 | -75% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$14,750 | $15,578 | -74% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$19,617 | $23,222 | -72% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$78,082 | $86,411 | -71% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$18,009 | $20,756 | -71% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$53,023 | $60,554 | -70% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$13,641 | $14,938 | -70% |
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.