Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) in New Jersey

MS-DRG 460: Spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$165,859typical hospital bill

$36,919typical amount paid

$29,160–$41,417range paid across 19 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $165,859 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	12	$299,281	$29,160
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro	Plainsboro	16	$116,319	$30,176
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital	Mount Holly	12	$321,358	$31,047
Valley Hospital	Paramus	18	$140,550	$31,371
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus	Atlantic City	14	$170,403	$31,787
Hudson Regional Hospital	Secaucus	12	$308,934	$33,432
Jefferson Stratford Hospital	Stratford	11	$178,335	$35,010
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	24	$129,532	$35,171
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	11	$165,859	$36,625
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	29	$416,286	$36,919
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	15	$170,320	$37,428
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune	41	$135,258	$37,948
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	34	$170,900	$37,976
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	18	$171,022	$38,109
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	15	$124,947	$38,856
Community Medical Center	Toms River	13	$125,312	$39,852
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	51	$160,263	$40,147
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	20	$152,775	$40,550
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	27	$144,356	$41,417

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.