US Health Care Costs

Fever and Inflammatory Conditions in New Jersey

MS-DRG 864: Fever and inflammatory conditions

$64,620typical hospital bill
$8,561typical amount paid
$6,903–$15,193range paid across 8 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,620 for this stay in 2024, about 7.5 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)
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank15$47,850$6,903
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West Jersey HospitalVoorhees11$70,890$7,218
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Valley HospitalParamus13$32,971$7,597
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Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune12$72,649$8,375
$7,618$29,125$7,466–$38,308 · 18 plans
Ocean Medical CenterBrick15$82,675$8,746
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Morristown Medical CenterMorristown25$76,129$9,836
$10,826$22,254$8,667–$39,668 · 97 plans
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack29$56,702$12,554
–$36,145$8,675–$53,595 · 23 plans
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick11$58,350$15,193
$4,122$23,097$8,020–$27,024 · 20 plans
Community Medical CenterToms River–––$2,426$18,341$5,700–$21,839 · 22 plans
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford–––$9,618$13,105$8,701–$20,805 · 17 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.