US Health Care Costs

Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) in New Jersey

MS-DRG 057: Degenerative nervous system disorders without mcc

$70,760typical hospital bill
$13,131typical amount paid
$9,599–$28,040range paid across 36 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,760 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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 CenterManahawkin18$56,419$9,599
Newton Medical CenterNewton11$110,202$9,988
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold18$57,213$10,404
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains28$66,446$10,547
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees61$83,490$10,720
Community Medical CenterToms River60$66,726$11,252
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly22$64,564$11,254
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro15$62,246$11,476
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro30$71,096$11,560
JFK University Medical CenterEdison30$61,078$11,679
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City28$75,752$11,768
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville21$98,621$11,858
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck13$52,212$12,118
Ocean Medical CenterBrick23$70,423$12,144
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune27$79,308$12,197
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford36$67,265$12,235
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair15$57,752$12,858
Valley HospitalParamus65$61,292$12,900
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer14$62,863$13,362
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown45$68,157$13,527
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg14$100,884$13,774
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy20$100,506$14,060
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch13$58,322$14,332
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood11$42,311$14,343
Cooper University HospitalCamden19$59,743$15,058
Overlook Medical CenterSummit36$88,161$15,120
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack35$86,674$15,670
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth11$46,733$16,085
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson17$72,962$16,400
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston43$110,904$17,121
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick46$99,822$17,629
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton14$349,880$20,338
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark14$124,850$20,431
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville13$168,759$21,169
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City19$134,769$22,934
The University HospitalNewark11$91,339$28,040

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.