US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in New Jersey

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$57,470typical hospital bill
$7,857typical amount paid
$5,863–$20,386range paid across 53 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,470 for this stay in 2024, about 7.3 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 CenterManahawkin31$44,943$5,863
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown25$68,090$5,927
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank22$52,913$5,967
Newton Medical CenterNewton43$89,832$6,438
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House27$39,704$6,451
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point34$42,344$6,455
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees144$65,445$6,552
Valley HospitalParamus98$41,803$6,579
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains66$69,413$6,598
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway16$60,215$6,627
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton27$64,282$6,649
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly50$68,620$6,707
Community Medical CenterToms River91$60,244$6,760
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold34$39,828$6,766
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro14$65,868$6,777
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro55$52,389$6,817
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel13$50,136$6,900
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood12$47,966$6,945
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington71$35,833$7,189
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood16$54,818$7,205
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck55$28,620$7,225
Ocean Medical CenterBrick38$58,523$7,743
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City36$41,698$7,759
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune52$62,541$7,763
JFK University Medical CenterEdison37$49,525$7,851
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown84$57,470$7,856
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville97$27,192$7,857
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer59$47,685$8,027
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford142$60,814$8,068
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington27$227,071$8,215
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy27$53,963$8,241
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg16$69,370$8,288
Overlook Medical CenterSummit43$53,011$8,289
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville46$72,679$8,294
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden28$74,677$8,419
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood43$36,628$8,435
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville26$80,568$8,646
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair40$42,707$8,733
Cooper University HospitalCamden31$40,985$8,924
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch22$57,121$8,989
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland36$52,162$9,088
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne16$203,369$9,130
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick27$87,951$9,241
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic14$22,740$9,618
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick57$88,424$9,778
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack25$60,075$9,871
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston45$64,024$9,875
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton20$256,485$10,609
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson16$64,457$11,014
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth15$47,448$11,639
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark13$78,481$12,061
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City19$90,620$12,090
The University HospitalNewark11$56,431$20,386

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.