Joint aspiration or injection (mid-size joint) Cost in Maryland

Prices at 13 hospitals in Maryland, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $167 — 59% below the US median ($411), roughly 2.9× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury, MD	$112	$115	★ 4/5	176 min	13.8%
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$114	$59	★ 5/5	231 min	13.5%
University of Md Medical Center Midtown Campus	Baltimore, MD	$153	—	★ 3/5	246 min	14.4%
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore, MD	$156	—	★ 3/5	330 min	14.3%
University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata, MD	$156	—	★ 3/5	278 min	13.6%
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson, MD	$156	—	★ 5/5	281 min	13.1%
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin, MD	$167	$167	★ 3/5	146 min	14.9%
Umd Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute	Baltimore, MD	$173	—	—	—	—
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore, MD	$192	—	★ 3/5	242 min	15.5%
VA Maryland Healthcare System-Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	$192	—	★ 2/5	—	17.2%
Kennedy Krieger Institute	Baltimore, MD	$230	—	—	—	—
University of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton	Easton, MD	$236	—	★ 4/5	179 min	12.6%
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown, MD	$529	—	★ 3/5	250 min	15.9%

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 June 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)

$167

Cash / self-pay

$167

Insurer-negotiated

$115

Medicare pays

$57

$122$235

Median cash $167 · Medicare $57 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $167 — about 2.9× the Medicare rate ($57). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($114).

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