US Health Care Costs

Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Cc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 493: Lower extremity and humerus procedures except hip, foot and femur with cc

$127,615typical hospital bill
$23,738typical amount paid
$18,557–$60,665range paid across 14 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $127,615 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House15$114,821$18,557
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City15$125,974$19,778
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro17$89,870$19,805
Ocean Medical CenterBrick15$110,254$20,511
Valley HospitalParamus11$91,534$20,544
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees17$181,732$21,194
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly13$159,932$22,335
Community Medical CenterToms River14$87,401$25,141
Cooper University HospitalCamden35$149,873$26,543
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick18$156,605$29,196
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown40$107,260$31,515
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune22$129,255$33,523
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack29$161,995$42,595
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton11$705,736$60,665

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.