US Health Care Costs

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Mcc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 438: Disorders of pancreas except malignancy with mcc

$130,148typical hospital bill
$15,404typical amount paid
$14,228–$18,943range paid across 4 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $130,148 for this stay in 2024, about 8.4 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
Valley HospitalParamus14$121,324$14,228
Ocean Medical CenterBrick11$106,048$15,275
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune12$154,562$15,532
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick11$138,972$18,943

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.