US Health Care Costs

Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical

250 Old Hook Road, Westwood, NJ 07675 · (201) 880-2700

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$23.7Mnet income, all sources
11.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$8.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
78beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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
Lung infection, with major complications 17793$85,851$14,040
Heart failure, with major complications 29152$69,843$11,229
Sepsis, with major complications 87149$92,703$16,226
Urinary tract infection 69042$44,300$6,915
Pneumonia, with major complications 19340$77,986$12,246
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68937$99,650$14,787
Stomach and digestive disorders 39230$43,549$6,967
COPD, with major complications 19024$55,943$9,634
Kidney failure, with complications 68323$53,102$7,795
Pneumonia, with complications 19422$47,953$9,252
Back problems (no surgery) 55222$49,394$8,587
Lung infection, with complications 17818$67,433$8,460
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60318$38,804$7,415
Hip or knee replacement 47017$80,884$16,528
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$92,917$12,543
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$63,122$10,868
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56315$48,270$7,694
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$63,728$14,352
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$62,256$12,687
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48114$107,065$17,375
Fainting 31213$55,859$7,689
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$89,015$7,100
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$47,966$6,945
Respiratory failure 18911$87,321$10,924
Bowel surgery, with complications 33011$122,378$24,999
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis Without Mcc 53611$45,835$7,072

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