82/100
#313 nationally
University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton
219 South Washington Street, Easton, MD 21601 · (410) 822-1000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton 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
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #36
- 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 74% 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 |
446 | $25,095 | $22,462 | -62% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
157 | $19,728 | $17,646 | -55% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $20,667 | $18,485 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $13,966 | $12,549 | -64% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $13,568 | $12,227 | -67% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
63 | $23,143 | $20,724 | -62% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $20,116 | $18,023 | -52% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $18,046 | $16,189 | -61% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $11,046 | $9,900 | -63% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $12,728 | $11,429 | -61% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 561 · Inpatient stay |
$41,178 | $36,766 | +29% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay |
$40,685 | $36,330 | about average |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$42,718 | $38,161 | -11% |
|
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Major Complications
MS-DRG 559 · Inpatient stay |
$50,365 | $44,951 | -15% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$31,048 | $27,765 | -31% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$24,412 | $20,551 | -32% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$37,907 | $33,866 | -47% |
|
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay |
$40,732 | $36,396 | -47% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$21,697 | $19,927 | -79% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$18,693 | $16,728 | -77% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$34,046 | $30,695 | -76% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$28,314 | $25,315 | -76% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$21,811 | $19,599 | -74% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$17,386 | $15,560 | -74% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$19,168 | $17,150 | -73% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$49,936 | $44,587 | -73% |
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.