CostGrade
B

69/100

#686 nationally

University Of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus

827 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 · (410) 225-8996

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus 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
15
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MD
#40
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.

Inpatient charge markup 33.3/35

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.5/25

Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.

Price level vs national median 21.9/30

Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.7/10

Better than 17% 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
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

103 $31,293 $27,831 -13%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

57 $54,121 $47,631 -17%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

35 $28,918 $26,134 -33%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

30 $115,089 $103,376 +138%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

30 $11,854 $10,778 -64%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

22 $26,038 $23,044 -46%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

22 $23,260 $19,138 -29%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

19 $19,314 $17,332 -40%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

17 $38,223 $26,738 -28%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

17 $37,374 $33,925 -34%

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
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$115,089 $103,376 +138%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$31,293 $27,831 -13%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$54,121 $47,631 -17%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$30,391 $26,789 -27%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$38,223 $26,738 -28%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$23,260 $19,138 -29%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$28,918 $26,134 -33%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$37,374 $33,925 -34%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

$11,854 $10,778 -64%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay

$61,124 $55,601 -58%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$33,427 $29,860 -56%
Fainting

MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay

$16,703 $15,381 -54%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$14,396 $12,993 -53%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$26,038 $23,044 -46%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$19,314 $17,332 -40%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$37,374 $33,925 -34%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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