US Health Care Costs

Fainting in New Jersey

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$64,374typical hospital bill
$8,523typical amount paid
$6,659–$21,233range paid across 50 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,374 for this stay in 2024, about 7.6 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 CenterManahawkin38$69,616$6,659
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown24$90,358$6,668
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank27$64,531$6,734
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton42$65,667$6,736
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel21$54,743$6,776
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House41$48,382$7,005
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees95$71,196$7,033
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point46$49,833$7,103
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains32$72,424$7,224
Newton Medical CenterNewton28$105,724$7,280
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly24$65,260$7,324
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold71$48,666$7,421
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway12$75,156$7,457
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro75$60,817$7,577
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood13$55,859$7,689
Community Medical CenterToms River107$66,809$7,694
Valley HospitalParamus73$52,103$7,805
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington23$47,339$7,834
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck45$39,308$8,095
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood34$62,064$8,152
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City59$46,169$8,163
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy35$64,218$8,491
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville47$22,184$8,495
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville66$74,732$8,498
JFK University Medical CenterEdison31$50,762$8,515
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford75$62,416$8,531
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer63$54,519$8,551
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville21$69,952$8,766
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown79$72,046$8,766
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington27$281,886$8,861
Ocean Medical CenterBrick51$73,064$8,912
Overlook Medical CenterSummit46$58,149$8,945
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden14$57,762$9,073
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood32$36,959$9,321
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair27$35,456$9,358
Cooper University HospitalCamden43$56,614$9,790
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune73$68,987$9,827
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland61$55,260$10,008
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch38$59,104$10,097
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick18$105,346$10,178
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack36$76,021$10,627
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic13$33,356$10,751
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City18$85,591$11,353
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston40$86,964$11,845
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson14$77,766$11,988
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth18$42,948$12,269
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick49$120,176$12,569
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton16$248,471$13,137
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark12$100,841$13,976
The University HospitalNewark12$65,219$21,233

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.