US Health Care Costs

Major Chest Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 165: Major chest procedures without cc/mcc

$75,337typical hospital bill
$18,575typical amount paid
$16,192–$21,997range paid across 12 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $75,337 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Valley HospitalParamus21$73,914$16,192
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank13$60,116$16,413
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune16$64,143$16,552
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees14$204,698$17,265
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston12$86,270$18,120
JFK University Medical CenterEdison15$68,082$18,183
Cooper University HospitalCamden17$72,677$18,968
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood22$155,694$19,197
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack22$76,760$19,760
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown36$67,900$20,393
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick26$150,562$21,406
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch16$99,587$21,997

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.