US Health Care Costs

Heart attack, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$102,135typical hospital bill
$14,833typical amount paid
$10,365–$21,869range paid across 53 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $102,135 for this stay in 2024, about 6.9 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
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point17$56,197$10,365
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro17$75,312$10,780
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House71$54,607$11,012
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton52$110,425$11,282
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin110$84,494$11,431
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown26$97,143$11,706
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank42$103,887$12,063
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel37$75,027$12,400
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains28$120,854$12,424
Newton Medical CenterNewton76$200,594$12,538
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees57$117,432$12,590
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold37$82,197$12,639
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood12$81,664$12,677
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood14$62,256$12,687
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly28$122,520$13,002
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro51$101,717$13,046
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch15$103,587$13,417
Valley HospitalParamus73$84,132$13,548
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway43$100,420$13,711
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington28$90,961$13,733
Community Medical CenterToms River99$107,310$13,876
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville91$123,546$13,930
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City133$81,972$14,384
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford120$79,694$14,398
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck55$65,349$14,671
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville83$113,536$14,811
Ocean Medical CenterBrick88$112,698$14,833
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville47$60,361$14,912
Overlook Medical CenterSummit40$102,135$15,034
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy40$91,616$15,324
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune181$113,843$15,496
JFK University Medical CenterEdison26$98,785$15,548
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer72$71,563$15,787
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington18$426,980$15,938
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown65$141,840$16,290
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood28$91,239$16,611
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden58$135,123$16,637
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland89$80,302$16,785
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick22$232,031$17,736
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne15$267,605$17,965
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton16$448,234$18,001
Cooper University HospitalCamden57$92,819$18,259
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic41$67,998$18,323
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston42$110,825$18,475
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth21$95,246$18,509
Deborah Heart and Lung CenterBrowns Mills26$108,738$19,167
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson42$149,244$19,822
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City51$85,338$19,837
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair35$136,299$20,010
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick105$185,378$21,167
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack67$125,117$21,378
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark37$140,604$21,445
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen17$121,956$21,869

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.