US Health Care Costs

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton

One Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, NJ 08690 · (609) 586-7900

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

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$21.4Mnet income, all sources
7.1%margin on patient care alone
$8.9Mcost of charity care (3.9% of costs)
$9.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
152beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871255$134,197$15,478
Heart failure, with major complications 291136$103,305$10,269
Pneumonia, with major complications 19364$110,760$10,110
Sepsis 87260$76,924$8,260
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69855$108,051$13,331
Lung infection, with major complications 17753$106,845$14,698
Stomach and digestive disorders 39253$60,901$6,867
Heart attack, with major complications 28052$110,425$11,282
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64051$94,430$9,759
Urinary tract infection 69049$57,592$6,423
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28646$165,363$17,208
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85344$225,799$38,639
Fainting 31242$65,667$6,736
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68942$64,189$9,161
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30935$69,114$6,322
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60333$57,377$7,271
Hip or knee replacement 47032$75,296$15,092
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37731$123,739$13,076
Kidney failure, with complications 68330$64,444$7,293
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37827$78,744$7,609
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64127$64,282$6,649
COPD, with major complications 19026$109,096$8,685
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69926$61,677$7,582
Pneumonia, with complications 19424$74,274$7,172
Diabetes, with complications 63824$60,100$7,615
Heart attack, with complications 28123$78,716$7,932
Heart stent 32223$112,097$16,329
Heart catheterization 28722$83,620$9,407
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39120$121,948$10,514
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$124,584$17,771
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$109,891$10,816
Coagulation Disorders 81319$117,995$12,778
Chest pain 31318$58,744$5,811
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38918$61,432$6,424
Back problems (no surgery) 55218$65,875$7,482
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$75,459$7,384
Respiratory failure 18917$94,569$10,760
Bowel surgery, with complications 33016$169,646$22,392
Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc 20215$79,973$7,860
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32115$163,026$23,839
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32915$238,391$38,612
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56315$67,343$7,248
High blood pressure 30514$64,109$5,789
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$110,738$10,404
Irregular heartbeat 31013$52,730$6,383
Diabetes, with major complications 63713$104,552$10,662
Stroke, with major complications 06412$140,457$15,556
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48012$155,732$21,436
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81112$103,678$10,772
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85412$142,366$15,653
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19111$75,056$7,845
Other circulation problems, with major complications 31411$85,046$15,343
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc 43211$139,655$16,606
Bone Diseases and Arthropathies Without Mcc 55411$51,805$6,334
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$63,588$6,968

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