US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O in New Jersey

MS-DRG 023: Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc o

$322,743typical hospital bill
$59,065typical amount paid
$46,528–$76,511range paid across 14 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $322,743 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
JFK University Medical CenterEdison28$251,429$46,528
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Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City23$265,398$49,774
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Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden29$437,616$50,425
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Valley HospitalParamus18$304,533$50,970
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Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford24$317,526$51,254
$60,616$84,595$56,164–$134,300 · 17 plans
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune49$255,587$54,676
$48,399$184,081$46,026–$243,374 · 17 plans
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton13$798,472$59,019
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Overlook Medical CenterSummit21$348,515$59,111
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Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick61$389,493$61,694
$4,122$148,157$8,215–$176,882 · 20 plans
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston26$284,412$64,313
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Cooper University HospitalCamden38$327,961$65,845
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Morristown Medical CenterMorristown13$287,634$68,778
$67,789$134,330$9,028–$248,378 · 97 plans
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson13$412,553$71,618
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Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack23$344,752$76,511
–$222,961$51,685–$338,249 · 22 plans
Community Medical CenterToms River–––$2,426$124,479$5,997–$149,697 · 22 plans

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.