US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 391: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc

$86,637typical hospital bill
$12,337typical amount paid
$8,996–$20,772range paid across 42 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $86,637 for this stay in 2024, about 7.0 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
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood11$84,597$8,996
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin13$64,006$9,509
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank32$67,882$9,946
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House12$45,898$10,140
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton20$121,948$10,514
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point24$48,169$10,521
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees59$120,635$10,590
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains29$102,298$10,653
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro13$97,748$10,656
Newton Medical CenterNewton20$132,487$10,849
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold20$75,641$11,031
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington15$50,119$11,263
Community Medical CenterToms River36$89,852$11,673
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly28$100,855$11,687
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel12$77,501$11,964
Valley HospitalParamus57$86,676$12,016
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville32$95,196$12,089
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville11$75,330$12,179
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck17$52,507$12,265
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro26$101,608$12,283
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy15$91,580$12,333
Ocean Medical CenterBrick41$90,076$12,340
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City28$75,223$12,355
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford45$73,999$12,485
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville37$45,206$12,605
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer41$73,819$12,695
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden16$86,598$12,752
JFK University Medical CenterEdison24$87,765$12,799
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood29$73,946$13,144
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune63$109,743$13,604
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland32$80,611$13,782
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown63$130,207$14,331
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch18$78,405$14,830
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair13$46,803$14,881
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick11$250,677$14,930
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston31$94,801$15,461
Overlook Medical CenterSummit39$82,249$15,697
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick35$129,927$16,653
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City21$75,454$16,747
Cooper University HospitalCamden21$108,032$17,603
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack34$134,415$18,687
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark11$132,639$20,772

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.