MD's Healthcare Ranked In New Nationwide Study

Healthcare coverage for Marylanders is only slightly above average, according to a recent national ranking of available options across the United States.

In a study by WalletHub, health care in each state and the District of Columbia was evaluated on 44 indicators across cost, accessibility, and outcomes for 2025. The weighted scores were then averaged to create an overall score.

Cost was evaluated based on six factors, including the cost of an average medical visit, the cost of an average dental visit and the average monthly insurance premium.

Maryland fell to the middle of the pack, ranking at number 19 overall among the 50 states and District of Columbia. The score of 58.02 out of 100 sits just above Montana and right below Kansas.

New Hampshire's score of 67.49 out of 100 took the top spot in the data set. Among other reasons, this was attributed to having the nation's lowest average monthly health insurance premium and having the most urgent care centers per capita certified by the Urgent Care Association of America.

Access was evaluated based on 24 factors, including the share of adults with no personal doctor, the share of insured children and physicians per capita.

Outcomes were evaluated based on 14 factors, including life expectancy, share of children with medical & dental preventative-care visits in the past year.

Full List of 44 Indicators

Maryland Score Breakdown

Cost (13th)

Access (26th):

According to the independent source for health policy research, KFF, Maryland will see an increase of 2 percent when it comes to the amount of people who will be without health insurance across the state after Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This number equates to an additional 160,000 people losing coverage. Of these, 130,000 dropped coverages would be due to the changes in Medicaid, and another 56,000 would be as a result of changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Outcomes (19th):

Six of Maryland's top hospitals ranked in the latest U.S. News annual evaluation of more than 4,440 hospitals in the United States were also regional standouts. One facility was even named a top 20 hospital for the entire country.

Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital is the top hospital in Maryland, according to the new ;2025-2026 Best Hospitals ranking released last month.

For its 36th annual report, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,440 hospitals based on their performance across 30 medical and surgical services, such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, and level of nursing care.

Maryland however, found itself in the top five of two different subcategories that WalletHub presented for a deeper dive into its findings. Maryland has the fourth-lowest average monthly insurance premium, and the fifth-most physicians per capita in the United States.

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