US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$92,995typical hospital bill
$12,221typical amount paid
$9,047–$17,802range paid across 44 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $92,995 for this stay in 2024, about 7.6 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown20$103,835$9,047
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank25$90,477$9,313
Newton Medical CenterNewton30$169,745$9,502
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin32$64,862$9,522
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House30$62,621$9,601
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point20$70,258$9,801
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees79$117,672$9,967
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains43$95,163$10,056
Valley HospitalParamus53$69,098$10,362
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton14$110,738$10,404
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly26$104,395$10,608
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold36$71,597$10,747
Community Medical CenterToms River56$95,751$10,917
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro38$90,828$10,950
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington23$71,041$11,005
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel20$104,387$11,594
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City42$67,680$11,744
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington30$323,681$11,773
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer36$75,056$11,810
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville28$103,360$11,899
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville23$60,366$12,036
Ocean Medical CenterBrick44$99,701$12,216
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch15$89,802$12,226
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden22$122,700$12,303
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville18$101,175$12,391
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood33$67,170$12,750
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy31$82,749$12,757
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland40$86,941$12,988
Cooper University HospitalCamden27$88,836$13,055
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair16$74,353$13,115
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown134$98,672$13,164
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford49$85,847$13,319
Deborah Heart and Lung CenterBrowns Mills12$39,295$13,465
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck14$53,952$13,721
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton14$304,371$14,047
JFK University Medical CenterEdison39$100,562$14,124
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune62$107,070$14,337
Overlook Medical CenterSummit43$100,198$14,388
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick23$183,970$15,203
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston25$115,854$15,267
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson34$104,251$15,733
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack57$85,347$15,776
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen13$90,012$15,961
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick38$198,321$17,802

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.