US Health Care Costs

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 331: Major small and large bowel procedures without cc/mcc

$84,781typical hospital bill
$16,911typical amount paid
$11,976–$22,935range paid across 18 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $84,781 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees28$158,520$11,976
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro28$79,474$14,722
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington21$236,034$14,868
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune14$111,550$15,156
Valley HospitalParamus13$51,662$15,370
Ocean Medical CenterBrick11$86,301$15,500
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold11$60,203$15,847
Community Medical CenterToms River15$70,305$15,867
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford12$120,985$16,538
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood36$153,680$17,284
Cooper University HospitalCamden20$75,129$17,443
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick13$110,275$17,635
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch20$74,740$17,993
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown48$96,888$18,318
Overlook Medical CenterSummit32$79,700$19,158
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston22$83,261$20,825
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick15$123,793$22,355
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack20$62,493$22,935

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.