Ecmo or Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Nec in New Jersey

MS-DRG 003: Ecmo or tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and nec

$1,076,014typical hospital bill

$209,373typical amount paid

$175,375–$284,461range paid across 9 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $1,076,014 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	21	$1,337,947	$175,375
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	30	$724,756	$178,496
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	30	$1,179,275	$194,370
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	18	$934,992	$205,911
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	26	$1,132,752	$209,373
The University Hospital	Newark	14	$990,955	$251,221
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	28	$1,076,014	$253,492
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	17	$976,842	$257,452
Valley Hospital	Paramus	13	$1,178,791	$284,461

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.