Infection needing surgery, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$258,461typical hospital bill

$46,963typical amount paid

$33,249–$79,291range paid across 52 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $258,461 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	34	$366,106	$33,249
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc	Cape May Court House	18	$121,820	$34,849
AHS Hospital Corp	Hackettstown	21	$208,900	$37,130
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	44	$225,799	$38,639
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	25	$204,243	$38,974
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway	32	$212,387	$39,796
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	85	$317,687	$40,031
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	60	$261,573	$40,075
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	42	$159,505	$41,204
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	66	$227,765	$41,592
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	67	$178,785	$42,523
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	39	$173,566	$42,727
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	58	$275,255	$43,242
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	56	$255,907	$43,733
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	23	$320,523	$43,739
Newton Medical Center	Newton	45	$440,617	$43,933
Community Medical Center	Toms River	135	$230,415	$44,187
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	41	$223,111	$44,359
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	45	$193,797	$44,610
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	44	$372,714	$44,720
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	57	$234,412	$44,776
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	46	$225,420	$45,118
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	154	$237,747	$45,628
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	33	$227,850	$46,748
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	61	$296,587	$46,862
Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	56	$262,817	$46,879
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	40	$244,126	$47,048
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	73	$254,833	$47,337
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	132	$225,196	$47,385
Trinitas Regional Medical Center	Elizabeth	24	$195,961	$47,797
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus	Lakewood	14	$247,636	$47,805
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	85	$272,003	$48,107
St Luke's Warren Hospital	Phillipsburg	22	$256,083	$48,941
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell	Pennington	33	$1,054,388	$49,304
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	16	$1,076,278	$49,441
Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	68	$260,839	$51,739
St Mary's General Hospital	Passaic	22	$193,412	$52,411
Valley Hospital	Paramus	71	$253,051	$52,651
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	90	$362,298	$54,149
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	64	$393,244	$54,633
Palisades Medical Center	North Bergen	17	$208,266	$55,173
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	28	$274,089	$55,300
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	88	$327,650	$57,458
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	82	$361,246	$57,478
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	26	$506,922	$57,544
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center	Bayonne	18	$684,456	$58,541
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	26	$332,002	$59,312
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	135	$263,694	$59,721
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	101	$379,532	$63,122
The University Hospital	Newark	19	$298,457	$66,752
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	99	$405,461	$67,358
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark	39	$490,379	$79,291

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.