Sepsis in New Jersey

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$72,220typical hospital bill

$10,255typical amount paid

$8,132–$22,141range paid across 53 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $72,220 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	52	$64,550	$8,132
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc	Cape May Court House	34	$46,985	$8,201
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton	Hamilton	60	$76,924	$8,260
Virtua Willingboro Hospital	Willingboro	18	$70,089	$8,333
Shore Medical Center	Somers Point	48	$53,061	$8,412
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	64	$57,709	$8,474
Newton Medical Center	Newton	65	$124,460	$8,480
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	88	$62,474	$8,683
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	67	$65,720	$8,942
AHS Hospital Corp	Hackettstown	25	$96,398	$9,034
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	52	$101,547	$9,081
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus	Lakewood	50	$78,566	$9,172
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	57	$46,176	$9,272
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	60	$58,530	$9,300
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway	28	$74,585	$9,316
Valley Hospital	Paramus	95	$50,473	$9,519
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	77	$55,952	$9,536
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	37	$41,914	$9,580
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	136	$96,870	$9,675
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	38	$92,908	$9,847
Community Medical Center	Toms River	174	$80,245	$9,859
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	16	$72,347	$9,944
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	121	$65,606	$10,080
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset	Somerville	76	$82,930	$10,114
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell	Pennington	27	$319,764	$10,199
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	254	$67,617	$10,228
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	53	$66,412	$10,255
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill	Elmer	91	$56,605	$10,745
St Luke's Warren Hospital	Phillipsburg	59	$88,067	$10,849
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	98	$52,423	$10,851
JFK University Medical Center	Edison	98	$73,805	$10,883
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Camden	46	$83,143	$10,896
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	60	$55,604	$10,984
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	53	$91,712	$10,992
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	50	$62,470	$11,295
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	79	$81,476	$11,393
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	68	$73,649	$11,410
Inspira Medical Center Vineland	Vineland	63	$54,347	$11,547
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	30	$113,635	$11,589
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	58	$73,476	$11,931
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	68	$51,857	$12,155
St Mary's General Hospital	Passaic	13	$41,863	$12,556
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center	Bayonne	17	$270,873	$13,096
Trinitas Regional Medical Center	Elizabeth	22	$67,517	$13,098
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	108	$103,418	$13,212
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	110	$72,220	$13,503
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	33	$69,273	$13,537
Capital Health Regional Medical Center	Trenton	18	$395,405	$13,640
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	148	$89,109	$13,731
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc	Paterson	39	$76,229	$13,804
Palisades Medical Center	North Bergen	27	$71,082	$15,880
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark	28	$107,818	$17,053
The University Hospital	Newark	17	$66,395	$22,141

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.