84/100
#251 nationally
University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center
7601 Osler Drive, Towson, MD 21204 · (410) 337-1000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center 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
- 122
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #30
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 |
377 | $25,607 | $22,801 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
264 | $14,518 | $12,932 | -67% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
129 | $9,836 | $8,797 | -70% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $20,699 | $18,420 | -74% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $93,683 | $84,168 | -51% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
105 | $16,123 | $14,328 | -55% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $47,832 | $42,604 | -74% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $19,304 | $17,141 | -60% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $26,401 | $23,578 | -70% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $36,379 | $32,528 | -75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$46,578 | $41,113 | -40% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$93,683 | $84,168 | -51% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$114,895 | $101,875 | -52% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$27,855 | $24,688 | -55% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$21,166 | $18,874 | -55% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$16,123 | $14,328 | -55% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$18,237 | $16,140 | -57% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$45,958 | $40,586 | -58% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$26,304 | $23,392 | -82% |
|
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications
MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay |
$10,387 | $9,284 | -81% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$19,225 | $17,182 | -81% |
|
Pancreas, Liver and Shunt Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 405 · Inpatient stay |
$52,213 | $46,257 | -80% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$11,532 | $10,256 | -80% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$7,150 | $6,393 | -79% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay |
$72,792 | $64,278 | -78% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$7,872 | $7,172 | -78% |
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.