US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$81,722typical hospital bill
$10,905typical amount paid
$8,503–$16,403range paid across 51 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $81,722 for this stay in 2024, about 7.5 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin55$70,013$8,503
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank17$62,552$8,620
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House58$49,586$8,620
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel37$74,761$8,626
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton26$109,096$8,685
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point31$57,339$8,936
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown27$113,201$8,952
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway11$82,137$9,120
Valley HospitalParamus40$58,852$9,162
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees140$100,008$9,202
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly49$76,584$9,210
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville29$118,161$9,229
Newton Medical CenterNewton56$160,202$9,418
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro28$90,846$9,436
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains32$109,335$9,555
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood24$55,943$9,634
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington52$50,495$9,847
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood17$91,542$9,880
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro57$93,527$9,883
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City41$65,734$9,995
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold84$60,610$10,164
JFK University Medical CenterEdison28$77,256$10,459
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford96$78,856$10,543
Community Medical CenterToms River112$90,227$10,569
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck26$58,597$10,626
Overlook Medical CenterSummit65$75,199$10,905
Ocean Medical CenterBrick53$69,123$11,052
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer108$59,763$11,092
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville25$46,124$11,109
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington29$276,311$11,249
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy29$76,625$11,317
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood56$58,633$11,442
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune40$91,930$11,502
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville32$96,682$11,515
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg11$79,955$11,613
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden29$80,940$11,925
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland83$61,258$12,219
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown83$84,948$12,408
Cooper University HospitalCamden17$66,909$12,491
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack21$94,137$13,099
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair37$57,735$13,119
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch13$103,377$13,530
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne28$314,888$13,552
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick13$151,176$13,568
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth13$89,002$13,598
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton26$306,039$13,782
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson27$84,070$14,195
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City25$81,977$14,404
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick25$119,750$14,448
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston25$104,451$15,188
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen13$81,722$16,403

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.