Back problems (no surgery) in New Jersey

MS-DRG 552: Medical back problems without mcc

$64,990typical hospital bill

$9,332typical amount paid

$6,993–$23,352range paid across 48 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,990 for this stay in 2024, about 7.0 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	26	$64,241	$6,993
Newton Medical Center	Newton	26	$105,572	$7,424
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	18	$65,875	$7,482
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	38	$68,747	$7,521
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc	Cape May Court House	19	$52,416	$7,772
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway	12	$60,688	$7,852
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	27	$50,932	$7,906
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	95	$74,418	$8,013
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	73	$69,800	$8,039
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	33	$43,756	$8,095
Valley Hospital	Paramus	101	$48,032	$8,119
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	36	$72,055	$8,160
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	60	$54,706	$8,224
Virtua Willingboro Hospital	Willingboro	11	$71,235	$8,249
Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	30	$60,563	$8,255
Community Medical Center	Toms River	75	$60,755	$8,453
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical	Westwood	22	$49,394	$8,587
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	32	$37,294	$8,825
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	48	$30,861	$8,852
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	27	$64,525	$8,943
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	56	$56,433	$9,073
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	36	$45,728	$9,189
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	63	$72,292	$9,280
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	28	$70,002	$9,331
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	67	$58,428	$9,332
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell	Pennington	15	$247,855	$9,566
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	32	$33,412	$9,588
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	76	$71,438	$9,673
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	17	$59,664	$9,985
St Luke's Warren Hospital	Phillipsburg	21	$70,628	$10,002
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	17	$78,484	$10,031
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	14	$78,635	$10,159
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	31	$54,099	$10,225
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	53	$54,645	$10,306
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	62	$39,485	$10,347
Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	27	$46,450	$10,699
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	129	$65,454	$10,805
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	33	$47,879	$11,199
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	80	$59,401	$11,362
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	13	$268,182	$11,401
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	21	$136,686	$11,527
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	42	$90,320	$11,732
AHS Hospital Corp	Hackettstown	28	$100,801	$12,013
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	50	$77,736	$12,126
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	20	$73,680	$12,936
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	35	$72,858	$13,897
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	59	$77,360	$16,985
The University Hospital	Newark	15	$84,569	$23,352

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.