US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$90,941typical hospital bill
$12,909typical amount paid
$10,110–$26,702range paid across 56 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $90,941 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 HamiltonHamilton64$110,760$10,110
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel149$83,286$10,468
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House73$66,641$10,496
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin137$70,953$10,588
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown67$127,794$10,660
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank115$77,761$10,707
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point71$66,344$10,736
Newton Medical CenterNewton89$169,002$10,878
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees226$113,009$10,962
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro26$145,155$11,023
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly90$105,220$11,077
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway14$119,007$11,085
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington58$48,905$11,251
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville64$105,418$11,586
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro59$79,099$11,596
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold154$75,854$11,762
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood50$107,282$11,776
Valley HospitalParamus186$78,030$11,818
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville80$113,925$11,884
Community Medical CenterToms River254$88,535$11,889
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City94$63,998$12,010
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains94$105,020$12,120
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood40$77,986$12,246
JFK University Medical CenterEdison136$96,794$12,350
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune147$92,020$12,444
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck72$66,435$12,533
Ocean Medical CenterBrick198$78,382$12,684
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer115$65,907$12,901
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville67$60,127$12,916
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy116$88,741$13,322
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown251$104,251$13,549
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden52$110,273$13,614
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford120$93,421$13,750
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair65$66,861$13,841
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood98$59,648$13,854
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg28$97,514$13,898
Overlook Medical CenterSummit170$83,373$14,141
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington90$300,760$14,212
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland95$69,123$14,455
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch43$89,863$15,095
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton26$375,925$15,412
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick48$186,859$15,521
Deborah Heart and Lung CenterBrowns Mills18$71,053$15,607
Cooper University HospitalCamden44$75,962$15,656
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne26$339,310$15,744
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic15$51,306$15,794
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth19$65,694$16,622
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston116$116,023$16,722
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson107$119,153$16,881
Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark17$74,747$17,660
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City31$120,261$18,460
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack182$119,987$18,820
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen44$87,401$18,872
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick80$146,078$19,498
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark17$136,845$20,108
The University HospitalNewark13$118,251$26,702

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.