Palisades Medical Center

7600 River Rd, North Bergen, NJ 07047 · (201) 854-5000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$3.5Mnet income, all sources

−3.2%margin on patient care alone

$24.1Mcost of charity care (13.3% of costs)

$24.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

186beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	148	$117,730	$25,622
Heart failure, with major complications 291	95	$94,298	$18,517
Lung infection, with major complications 177	50	$108,124	$22,503
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	44	$87,401	$18,872
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	40	$74,055	$16,177
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	36	$91,475	$20,543
Urinary tract infection 690	29	$59,261	$13,395
Sepsis 872	27	$71,082	$15,880
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	26	$97,921	$22,768
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	24	$47,067	$12,004
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	23	$87,810	$18,547
Kidney failure, with complications 683	23	$59,385	$13,720
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	22	$105,161	$23,145
Pneumonia, with complications 194	20	$66,349	$12,997
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	19	$46,418	$13,054
Heart attack, with major complications 280	17	$121,956	$21,869
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	17	$208,266	$55,173
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	15	$51,224	$11,378
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	15	$66,686	$14,818
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	15	$99,635	$26,342
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	15	$413,766	$86,050
Anemia and blood disorders 812	14	$50,238	$13,232
Stroke, with major complications 064	13	$113,811	$26,169
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	13	$85,202	$15,042
COPD, with major complications 190	13	$81,722	$16,403
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$90,012	$15,961
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Mcc 299	12	$77,596	$21,053

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