US Health Care Costs

Interstitial Lung Disease with Mcc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 196: Interstitial lung disease with mcc

$112,217typical hospital bill
$17,412typical amount paid
$13,843–$19,914range paid across 15 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $112,217 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 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 CenterManahawkin14$64,609$13,843
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch11$116,178$14,345
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees17$145,899$14,874
Valley HospitalParamus25$74,471$15,149
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville13$138,899$15,516
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro15$78,855$15,936
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel13$96,541$16,382
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy11$69,418$17,412
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune17$162,242$18,538
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown19$133,830$18,636
Ocean Medical CenterBrick24$112,217$18,876
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg11$86,321$19,079
Overlook Medical CenterSummit27$158,961$19,567
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack23$99,648$19,793
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick16$120,758$19,914

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.