Respiratory failure in New Jersey

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$87,741typical hospital bill

$12,460typical amount paid

$9,642–$27,328range paid across 46 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $87,741 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	29	$79,075	$9,642
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc	Cape May Court House	61	$64,424	$9,716
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	25	$86,042	$9,891
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	42	$97,108	$9,920
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	35	$100,582	$10,056
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	123	$111,196	$10,351
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	63	$123,720	$10,449
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	76	$118,074	$10,451
Virtua Willingboro Hospital	Willingboro	12	$110,625	$10,458
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	53	$65,035	$10,557
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	17	$94,569	$10,760
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical	Westwood	11	$87,321	$10,924
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	36	$69,446	$10,960
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	23	$97,898	$10,995
Valley Hospital	Paramus	110	$63,222	$11,161
Community Medical Center	Toms River	77	$78,814	$11,321
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	94	$72,710	$11,432
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	15	$54,097	$11,454
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	75	$67,903	$11,918
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	76	$55,996	$11,951
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	56	$81,278	$11,972
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	23	$94,603	$12,133
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	144	$75,934	$12,429
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	87	$78,016	$12,492
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	49	$107,498	$12,687
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	45	$97,187	$12,736
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	36	$64,455	$12,938
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	86	$88,161	$12,956
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway	20	$81,493	$13,004
St Luke's Warren Hospital	Phillipsburg	42	$96,623	$13,232
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	23	$74,775	$13,432
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell	Pennington	32	$455,479	$13,529
Deborah Heart and Lung Center	Browns Mills	19	$79,762	$13,594
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	57	$61,592	$13,595
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	22	$75,400	$13,705
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	115	$114,860	$13,735
Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	68	$79,599	$13,832
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	11	$90,680	$14,531
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	41	$105,723	$14,845
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	37	$176,031	$15,154
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	37	$102,078	$15,236
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	33	$95,959	$15,772
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	63	$90,136	$16,350
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	19	$561,008	$16,468
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	16	$143,627	$16,949
The University Hospital	Newark	34	$73,988	$27,328

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.