Maryland State Wire

There are 26 Maryland hospitals participating in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.

This program is a federal initiative that enables eligible hospitals and healthcare organizations to purchase outpatient medications at significantly discounted prices.

Established in 1992, the program aims to provide financial relief to healthcare providers serving vulnerable populations, allowing them to stretch their scarce resources and reach more eligible patients.

Hospitals participating in the 340B program can use the savings to fund essential services and programs, such as free or low-cost medication assistance, expanded access to healthcare, and community outreach initiatives.

Participating hospitals, however, "often extend their 340B discounts to clinics in well-off communities, where they can charge privately insured patients more than those on Medicaid,” reported the Wall Street Journal.

"In some cases, the program appears to be bolstering profits in well-off areas more than it is underwriting services in less-privileged neighborhoods,” said the Journal article.

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill in 2023 that he said would ensure "that organizations are transparent about how they use resources from” the 340B program.

"The 340B Drug Pricing Program is supposed to help low-income and uninsured Americans afford their medicine, but some are taking advantage of the program at the expense of vulnerable patients,” said Kennedy.

Hospital	City
Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring
Franklin Square Hospital	Baltimore
Garrett Regional Medical Center	Oakland
Good Samaritan Hospital	Baltimore
Harbor Hospital	Baltimore
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring
James Lawrence Kernan Hospital	Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore
Maryland General Hospital	Baltimore
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton
Memorial Easton	Easton
Mercy Medical Center	Baltimore
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown
Northwest Hospital Center	Randallstown
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital	Rockville
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore
St. Agnes Hospital	Baltimore
St. Mary’s Hospital	Leonardtown
TidalHealth Peninsula Regional	Salisbury
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton
Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore
University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro
University Of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore
UPMC Western Maryland	Cumberland