Skin infection (cellulitis) in New Jersey

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$55,079typical hospital bill

$8,980typical amount paid

$6,829–$13,954range paid across 53 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,079 for this stay in 2024, about 6.1 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
AHS Hospital Corp	Hackettstown	48	$78,367	$6,829
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	33	$57,377	$7,271
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc	Cape May Court House	40	$38,436	$7,293
Newton Medical Center	Newton	92	$86,940	$7,337
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical	Westwood	18	$38,804	$7,415
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	202	$71,664	$7,440
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	75	$68,455	$7,443
Valley Hospital	Paramus	50	$38,039	$7,499
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	73	$40,216	$7,525
Virtua Willingboro Hospital	Willingboro	28	$76,057	$7,534
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	76	$78,465	$7,674
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	48	$45,304	$7,678
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	28	$73,439	$7,690
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	56	$38,916	$7,769
Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	51	$51,013	$7,854
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus	Lakewood	24	$56,775	$7,854
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	60	$45,227	$7,969
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	74	$40,303	$8,097
Community Medical Center	Toms River	110	$61,145	$8,098
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	61	$28,780	$8,204
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	48	$42,265	$8,253
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	68	$41,180	$8,317
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	99	$51,106	$8,780
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	31	$68,171	$8,798
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	62	$34,285	$8,820
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell	Pennington	29	$184,638	$8,853
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	80	$56,610	$8,980
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	37	$51,925	$8,991
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	151	$54,093	$9,177
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	42	$38,975	$9,203
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	64	$43,870	$9,471
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	82	$48,057	$9,498
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	24	$76,235	$9,583
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	116	$51,817	$9,634
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	37	$49,449	$9,635
St Luke's Warren Hospital	Phillipsburg	18	$62,875	$9,653
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	66	$57,055	$9,685
Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	27	$43,962	$10,080
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	43	$44,614	$10,098
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	30	$94,596	$10,420
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	40	$83,140	$10,839
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	15	$296,961	$10,863
St Mary's General Hospital	Passaic	11	$43,145	$10,967
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center	Bayonne	31	$237,618	$11,267
Heights University Hospital	Jersey City	12	$257,181	$11,432
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	46	$55,079	$11,457
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	58	$63,120	$11,677
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	59	$60,283	$11,835
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	18	$84,970	$12,559
Saint Michael's Medical Center	Newark	11	$43,612	$12,606
Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center	Hoboken	12	$176,525	$12,995
Palisades Medical Center	North Bergen	19	$46,418	$13,054
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	26	$100,069	$13,954

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.