US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O in New Jersey

MS-DRG 023: Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc o

$322,743typical hospital bill
$59,065typical amount paid
$46,528–$76,511range paid across 14 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $322,743 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
JFK University Medical CenterEdison28$251,429$46,528
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City23$265,398$49,774
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden29$437,616$50,425
Valley HospitalParamus18$304,533$50,970
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford24$317,526$51,254
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune49$255,587$54,676
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton13$798,472$59,019
Overlook Medical CenterSummit21$348,515$59,111
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick61$389,493$61,694
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston26$284,412$64,313
Cooper University HospitalCamden38$327,961$65,845
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown13$287,634$68,778
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson13$412,553$71,618
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack23$344,752$76,511

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.