US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$99,550typical hospital bill
$14,306typical amount paid
$10,816–$32,401range paid across 53 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $99,550 for this stay in 2024, about 7.0 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
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton19$109,891$10,816
Newton Medical CenterNewton32$163,549$11,386
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point38$71,960$11,491
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel56$72,868$11,740
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank94$94,321$11,913
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House50$78,097$11,923
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees106$123,154$12,021
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway21$110,947$12,072
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin64$84,655$12,375
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown11$117,126$12,436
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood16$92,917$12,543
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold53$79,739$12,545
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro30$84,059$12,558
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly44$116,692$12,632
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood21$99,550$12,734
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains56$114,620$12,931
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro26$118,318$13,048
Valley HospitalParamus105$97,310$13,213
Community Medical CenterToms River98$89,866$13,214
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck23$61,819$13,678
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City74$68,461$13,919
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville40$123,616$14,018
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford93$83,550$14,078
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer63$61,955$14,137
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune111$115,097$14,139
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville40$100,598$14,220
JFK University Medical CenterEdison85$102,658$14,306
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy66$93,372$14,310
Ocean Medical CenterBrick98$101,740$14,404
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville36$66,851$14,752
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington28$422,504$14,841
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood45$59,784$15,234
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair39$74,617$15,267
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth14$78,002$15,334
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg21$137,716$15,761
Overlook Medical CenterSummit69$100,409$15,863
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown71$135,176$15,866
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland60$79,877$16,284
Cooper University HospitalCamden47$80,135$16,516
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick17$180,737$16,763
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch28$95,726$17,026
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden27$149,097$17,897
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton22$422,531$17,969
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson40$96,624$18,303
Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark13$59,683$18,738
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick45$139,122$18,977
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City27$104,903$19,187
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark21$131,910$19,993
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack129$117,681$20,340
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen36$91,475$20,543
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston52$148,966$20,553
The University HospitalNewark12$95,450$28,207
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne15$572,299$32,401

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.