US Health Care Costs

Dysequilibrium in New Jersey

MS-DRG 149: Dysequilibrium

$57,877typical hospital bill
$7,106typical amount paid
$5,770–$11,174range paid across 25 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,877 for this stay in 2024, about 8.1 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 CenterManahawkin11$51,518$5,770
Newton Medical CenterNewton13$110,918$5,915
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point14$46,352$6,150
Valley HospitalParamus24$50,127$6,437
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro16$62,810$6,558
Community Medical CenterToms River28$62,812$6,583
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees16$74,519$6,642
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington14$45,085$6,805
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville15$68,865$6,887
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck12$32,653$6,918
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains12$73,035$6,970
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune12$57,877$7,011
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City11$48,144$7,106
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer20$43,176$7,245
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford12$64,357$7,332
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy12$57,705$7,462
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville24$25,467$7,721
Overlook Medical CenterSummit15$62,929$7,798
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown28$58,127$7,956
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg13$82,526$7,963
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood22$28,225$8,123
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch15$55,586$9,208
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick13$97,179$9,626
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston13$63,019$9,916
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth11$43,153$11,174

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.