US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$254,740typical hospital bill
$46,520typical amount paid
$36,264–$61,075range paid across 14 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $254,740 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City14$177,906$36,264
Valley HospitalParamus42$188,701$37,473
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune78$203,328$39,140
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden28$355,134$39,940
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford22$253,524$41,218
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton21$799,186$43,654
JFK University Medical CenterEdison41$255,957$44,895
Overlook Medical CenterSummit32$218,920$48,144
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown70$233,089$49,078
Cooper University HospitalCamden45$296,997$51,291
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair16$147,326$51,626
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston35$285,069$53,455
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack61$277,907$55,268
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick63$343,441$61,075

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.