US Health Care Costs

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours in New Jersey

MS-DRG 207: Respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support >96 hours

$376,190typical hospital bill
$63,836typical amount paid
$48,298–$79,846range paid across 9 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $376,190 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel16$279,712$48,298
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees12$536,168$53,753
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune21$372,379$59,616
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson29$321,238$63,399
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick11$351,404$63,836
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown12$470,254$71,050
Valley HospitalParamus12$470,072$72,396
Cooper University HospitalCamden13$427,980$76,209
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack28$376,190$79,846

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.