Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$88,042typical hospital bill

$12,761typical amount paid

$9,643–$26,719range paid across 54 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $88,042 for this stay in 2024, about 6.9 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc	Cape May Court House	11	$55,968	$9,643
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	51	$94,430	$9,759
AHS Hospital Corp	Hackettstown	14	$105,730	$9,959
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	46	$74,335	$9,966
Newton Medical Center	Newton	35	$114,955	$10,262
Virtua Willingboro Hospital	Willingboro	19	$92,636	$10,399
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	26	$68,684	$10,409
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	59	$96,771	$10,522
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	48	$97,003	$10,911
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway	24	$90,231	$10,972
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	37	$65,765	$11,083
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus	Lakewood	22	$87,841	$11,095
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	97	$106,347	$11,201
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	36	$67,793	$11,259
Valley Hospital	Paramus	97	$79,870	$11,437
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	50	$59,806	$11,478
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	64	$68,334	$11,778
Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	20	$105,146	$11,835
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	90	$79,646	$11,998
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	46	$46,155	$12,093
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	36	$112,911	$12,098
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	79	$86,243	$12,170
Community Medical Center	Toms River	61	$99,401	$12,338
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	49	$131,713	$12,543
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	69	$59,758	$12,584
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell	Pennington	24	$367,784	$12,653
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	23	$88,243	$12,679
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	54	$85,812	$12,843
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	131	$84,801	$12,859
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	37	$98,772	$13,250
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	31	$111,087	$13,770
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	100	$48,503	$13,801
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	56	$81,816	$13,858
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	33	$157,436	$14,048
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	41	$67,037	$14,062
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	89	$116,267	$14,237
St Luke's Warren Hospital	Phillipsburg	21	$105,344	$14,467
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	32	$102,535	$14,589
Carewell Health Medical Center	East Orange	12	$79,455	$14,631
St Mary's General Hospital	Passaic	21	$39,768	$14,735
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	42	$60,462	$14,889
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	29	$360,911	$15,028
Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	69	$78,113	$15,304
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	30	$85,111	$15,493
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	35	$80,825	$16,048
Trinitas Regional Medical Center	Elizabeth	21	$49,273	$16,186
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	71	$167,708	$16,516
Saint Michael's Medical Center	Newark	26	$55,773	$16,692
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	41	$116,019	$17,003
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	60	$90,891	$17,271
Palisades Medical Center	North Bergen	23	$87,810	$18,547
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	67	$136,319	$18,642
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark	27	$148,298	$21,673
The University Hospital	Newark	17	$101,307	$26,719

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.