Central line placement Cost in Maryland (2026)

Prices at 8 hospitals in Maryland, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $386 — 82% below the US median ($2,126), roughly 1.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$244	—	★ 3/5	330 min	14.3%
University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata, MD	$244	—	★ 3/5	278 min	13.6%
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson, MD	$244	—	★ 5/5	281 min	13.1%
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie, MD	$341	—	★ 5/5	—	14.5%
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$431	$194	★ 5/5	231 min	13.5%
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin, MD	$608	$608	★ 3/5	146 min	14.9%
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown, MD	$776	—	★ 3/5	250 min	15.9%
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis, MD	$1,300	—	★ 3/5	245 min	14.8%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$389

Cash / self-pay

$386

Insurer-negotiated

$401

Medicare pays

$238

$244$933

Median cash $386 · Medicare $238 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $386 — about 1.6× the Medicare rate ($238). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($476).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $389 list price could save about $3 (1%).

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