US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$107,655typical hospital bill
$18,997typical amount paid
$15,575–$35,234range paid across 46 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $107,655 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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 CenterManahawkin45$84,001$15,575
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown12$108,245$15,601
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank22$84,760$15,668
Newton Medical CenterNewton18$157,408$15,834
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel29$93,069$15,987
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees72$195,495$16,168
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House41$84,287$16,214
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point41$83,655$16,481
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville39$115,398$16,483
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly52$149,706$16,850
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold65$67,300$16,942
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington21$76,245$17,234
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood14$107,065$17,375
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro44$98,004$17,517
Valley HospitalParamus76$73,944$17,580
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck23$67,769$17,768
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton19$124,584$17,771
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains45$91,979$17,890
Community Medical CenterToms River96$91,947$17,930
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City70$109,817$18,294
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville24$115,764$18,677
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy18$97,433$18,715
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood16$112,109$18,979
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville15$110,997$19,016
Ocean Medical CenterBrick94$99,927$19,295
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford64$130,384$19,337
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer29$90,357$19,402
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch19$104,192$19,634
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune80$111,306$19,964
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair32$82,056$20,217
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown161$98,954$20,366
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood51$159,446$20,379
JFK University Medical CenterEdison32$89,829$20,656
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg14$149,367$20,711
Overlook Medical CenterSummit61$98,135$20,887
Cooper University HospitalCamden81$119,585$21,608
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick13$138,659$21,636
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland29$89,367$21,856
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton28$514,378$22,141
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston41$123,094$22,434
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack98$113,348$24,464
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick62$159,591$25,228
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City37$123,759$25,374
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen15$99,635$26,342
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson46$136,689$26,736
The University HospitalNewark22$147,313$35,234

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.