84/100
#253 nationally
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
12500 Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD 21502 · (240) 964-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Western Maryland Regional Medical Center 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
- 93
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MD
- #31
- 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 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 |
362 | $25,049 | $22,293 | -62% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
184 | $17,280 | $15,382 | -60% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $14,986 | $13,337 | -58% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
91 | $23,701 | $21,021 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $16,981 | $15,083 | -57% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $26,766 | $23,866 | -44% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $26,763 | $23,737 | -51% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $66,198 | $58,659 | -47% |
|
Rehabilitation with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 945 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $27,175 | $24,087 | -65% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $15,564 | $13,880 | -66% |
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 with Complications
MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay |
$30,762 | $27,255 | -25% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$111,113 | $98,378 | -41% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$22,274 | $19,709 | -43% |
|
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Major
MS-DRG 556 · Inpatient stay |
$21,432 | $18,888 | -43% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$26,766 | $23,866 | -44% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$66,198 | $58,659 | -47% |
|
Extracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay |
$34,591 | $31,130 | -49% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$15,509 | $13,768 | -49% |
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 |
$16,505 | $14,685 | -84% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$28,414 | $25,206 | -80% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$43,741 | $38,658 | -77% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$17,832 | $15,783 | -77% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$8,201 | $7,277 | -75% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$45,227 | $40,107 | -75% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$10,001 | $8,920 | -74% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$18,348 | $16,240 | -74% |
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.