US Health Care Costs

C-section, with complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 787: Cesarean section without sterilization with cc

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Community Medical CenterToms River–––$2,426$19,883$15,118–$23,290 · 21 plans
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack––––$35,912$6,670–$46,967 · 21 plans
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford–––$12,031$16,691$10,624–$24,938 · 22 plans
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune–––$9,008$25,282$13,879–$42,364 · 19 plans
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown–––$12,775$27,997$9,028–$46,809 · 100 plans
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick–––$4,122$23,791$13,433–$27,357 · 17 plans

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.