Hospice market for funeral homes in Maryland
25 hospices have an office in Maryland and cared for 21,625 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Maryland market
By ownership
- For-profit: 5
- Nonprofit: 13
- Other ownership: 7
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1Gilchrist Hospice CareHunt Valley · Nonprofit5,187
- 2Hospice of the ChesapeakePasadena · Nonprofit2,400
- 3BridginglifeWestminster · Nonprofit2,136
- 4Amedisys Hospice of Greater ChesapeakeRosedale · For-profit1,554
- 5Frederick Health HospiceFrederick · Nonprofit1,292
- 6Coastal HospiceSalisbury · Nonprofit1,226
- 7Hospice of Washington CountyHagerstown · Other ownership1,009
- 8Jewish Social Service Agency HospiceRockville · Nonprofit834
- 9Luminis Health Gilchrist Life Care InstituteAnnapolis · Other ownership691
- 10Stella MarisTimonium · Other ownership655
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospice of the ChesapeakeWaldorf | Nonprofit | 320 | 596 | +23.0% |
| Amedisys HospiceLargo | Other ownership | 125 | 211 | +19.1% |
| Stella MarisTimonium | Other ownership | 501 | 655 | +9.3% |
| Upmc Western MarylandCumberland | Nonprofit | 212 | 277 | +9.3% |
| BridginglifeWestminster | Nonprofit | 1,650 | 2,136 | +9.0% |
| Frederick Health HospiceFrederick | Nonprofit | 1,092 | 1,292 | +5.8% |
| Hospice of the ChesapeakePrince Frederick | Nonprofit | 317 | 333 | +1.7% |
| Hospice of Garrett CountyOakland | Other ownership | 148 | 153 | +1.1% |
| Gilchrist Hospice CareHunt Valley | Nonprofit | 5,061 | 5,187 | +0.8% |
| Coastal HospiceSalisbury | Nonprofit | 1,222 | 1,226 | +0.1% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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