US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$64,430typical hospital bill
$8,947typical amount paid
$6,719–$20,147range paid across 52 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,430 for this stay in 2024, about 7.2 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
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel39$51,943$6,719
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin74$51,667$6,924
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank80$54,267$6,971
Newton Medical CenterNewton28$106,606$7,075
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House43$41,952$7,246
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton30$64,444$7,293
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains51$85,870$7,398
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway12$72,455$7,524
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold51$47,472$7,653
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly57$76,247$7,788
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood23$53,102$7,795
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro42$62,233$7,848
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees143$70,220$7,881
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point35$52,898$7,951
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington30$40,132$8,090
Community Medical CenterToms River81$61,309$8,094
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro27$73,836$8,149
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown17$95,891$8,167
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville56$81,828$8,195
Valley HospitalParamus103$52,540$8,288
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood29$81,561$8,293
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville34$78,099$8,355
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck25$37,131$8,404
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City61$53,969$8,445
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune122$64,416$8,728
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville24$47,387$8,947
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford122$58,017$8,947
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer84$52,399$8,951
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown93$72,453$9,186
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy59$57,036$9,227
Ocean Medical CenterBrick121$67,067$9,344
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg27$67,496$9,546
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood46$42,813$9,590
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair42$47,905$9,622
Overlook Medical CenterSummit77$63,643$9,687
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington25$244,358$9,741
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden30$67,644$9,791
JFK University Medical CenterEdison66$56,565$9,989
Cooper University HospitalCamden57$47,315$10,237
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick26$117,139$10,403
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland56$45,929$10,594
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton24$282,993$10,759
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch23$69,995$11,222
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne13$192,640$11,279
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston43$84,984$11,431
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City18$77,146$11,496
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack117$73,611$11,608
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick75$93,126$11,944
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson34$85,537$12,424
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen23$59,385$13,720
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark13$71,112$14,346
The University HospitalNewark19$57,594$20,147

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.