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

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$148,021typical hospital bill

$26,542typical amount paid

$21,009–$36,472range paid across 31 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $148,021 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	15	$128,230	$21,009
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	12	$155,732	$21,436
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	23	$136,602	$22,304
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	12	$111,674	$22,975
Community Medical Center	Toms River	31	$115,625	$23,305
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	17	$233,356	$23,576
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	12	$134,105	$23,578
Valley Hospital	Paramus	19	$102,722	$23,610
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	17	$133,352	$24,378
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	13	$146,697	$24,754
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	19	$139,026	$25,789
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	32	$303,201	$25,887
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	12	$109,134	$25,935
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	15	$140,633	$26,085
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	26	$175,542	$26,287
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	45	$148,021	$26,542
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	15	$167,910	$27,597
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	12	$118,042	$27,789
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	32	$161,729	$27,823
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	20	$148,802	$27,875
Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	19	$140,255	$27,909
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	37	$164,138	$28,123
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	21	$198,951	$28,989
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	11	$128,916	$29,675
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	17	$123,307	$31,299
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	37	$173,468	$31,570
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	12	$148,324	$31,743
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	32	$200,137	$32,198
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	46	$185,603	$34,362
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	26	$194,793	$36,461
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	12	$826,128	$36,472

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.