US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$91,852typical hospital bill
$12,731typical amount paid
$9,626–$26,695range paid across 60 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $91,852 for this stay in 2024, about 7.2 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 CenterManahawkin281$76,750$9,626
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown115$119,888$10,013
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House156$59,228$10,052
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point140$60,444$10,131
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank224$75,176$10,181
Newton Medical CenterNewton189$141,821$10,227
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton136$103,305$10,269
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel114$83,759$10,288
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains187$99,523$10,545
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly182$96,405$10,577
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees554$103,156$10,649
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway65$88,592$10,872
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro69$90,432$11,009
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold289$74,313$11,124
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood52$69,843$11,229
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville214$108,894$11,269
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood92$100,316$11,278
Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus19$97,141$11,384
Valley HospitalParamus426$66,833$11,421
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington153$56,151$11,514
Community Medical CenterToms River462$86,877$11,617
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro261$86,507$11,629
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City211$60,837$11,699
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck123$56,880$11,804
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer248$61,789$12,155
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville112$117,087$12,247
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford478$78,454$12,270
JFK University Medical CenterEdison252$93,373$12,410
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville198$46,113$12,500
Ocean Medical CenterBrick357$91,479$12,618
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune371$101,200$12,844
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy196$93,769$12,856
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair161$62,231$13,034
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden130$99,221$13,148
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood198$54,939$13,185
Heights University HospitalJersey City22$259,824$13,246
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington135$365,219$13,287
Overlook Medical CenterSummit275$81,221$13,446
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg139$103,080$13,537
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland210$65,924$13,823
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown628$113,063$13,853
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch113$92,225$14,223
Cooper University HospitalCamden167$74,680$14,292
Deborah Heart and Lung CenterBrowns Mills135$71,500$14,651
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick121$188,719$15,107
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic71$53,693$15,210
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne59$250,418$15,252
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton63$437,712$15,888
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick278$134,840$16,395
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson183$117,047$16,626
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston253$120,241$16,763
Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark48$66,812$16,892
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth41$81,440$17,006
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack331$109,355$17,105
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City95$93,746$17,187
Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange11$88,711$17,418
Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken32$261,287$18,270
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen95$94,298$18,517
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark68$134,505$19,708
The University HospitalNewark53$78,155$26,695

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.