Emergency department visit (level 2) Cost in Baltimore, MD

Prices at 8 hospitals in Baltimore, MD, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $142 — 60% below the US median ($354), roughly 3.5× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$86	$46	★ 5/5	231 min	13.5%
Medstar Harbor Hospital	Baltimore, MD	$118	$121	★ 4/5	208 min	13.7%
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore, MD	$137	$139	★ 5/5	216 min	13.5%
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore, MD	$142	—	★ 3/5	242 min	15.5%
VA Maryland Healthcare System-Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	$142	—	★ 2/5	—	17.2%
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore, MD	$155	$159	★ 3/5	234 min	14.9%
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$184	—	★ 3/5	330 min	14.3%
University of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus	Baltimore, MD	$192	—	★ 3/5	246 min	14.4%

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)

$145

Cash / self-pay

$142

Insurer-negotiated

$130

Medicare pays

$40

$109$186

Median cash $142 · Medicare $40 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $142 — about 3.5× the Medicare rate ($40). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($81).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $145 list price could save about $3 (2%).

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Doctors who perform this in Baltimore

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Caren Euster, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	Baltimore, MD	48
April Lewis, C.R.N.P.	Nurse Practitioner	Baltimore, MD	34
Nauroz Syed, M.D.	Internal Medicine	Baltimore, MD	34
Yike Jin, MD	Neurosurgery	Baltimore, MD	19
Durga Roy	Psychiatry	Baltimore, MD	17
Bruce Huntley, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Baltimore, MD	16
Chantal Murphy, M.D.	Anesthesiology	Baltimore, MD	15
Michelle Henggeler, MD	Emergency Medicine	Baltimore, MD	15
Rabbia Saeed	Emergency Medicine	Baltimore, MD	14
Aruna Rao, M.D.	Psychiatry	Baltimore, MD	14
Deanna Grasso, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Baltimore, MD	12
Trent Malcolm, MD	Emergency Medicine	Baltimore, MD	12

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