US Health Care Costs

Newborn care (healthy baby) in New Jersey

MS-DRG 795: Normal newborn

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Community Medical CenterToms River–––$885$2,161$1,375–$3,672 · 18 plans
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack––––$7,734$3,085–$11,864 · 24 plans
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford–––$2,374$2,950$1,958–$4,683 · 17 plans
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune–––$1,695$6,501$3,422–$9,146 · 18 plans
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown–––$2,649$4,684$2,137–$9,705 · 102 plans
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick–––$1,438$2,378$1,889–$2,903 · 16 plans

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.