US Health Care Costs

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

230 East Ridgewood Ave, Paramus, NJ 07652 · (201) 967-4000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$6.6Mnet income, all sources
−133.2%margin on patient care alone
$62.2Mcost of charity care (25.1% of costs)
$15.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
107beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

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

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 897171$28,395$28,241
Sepsis, with major complications 87113$154,851$40,666
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".