US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$130,846typical hospital bill
$18,476typical amount paid
$13,774–$35,806range paid across 48 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $130,846 for this stay in 2024, about 7.1 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
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin30$85,320$13,774
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown17$146,643$14,110
Newton Medical CenterNewton21$158,007$14,201
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank35$82,098$14,209
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly24$134,239$14,371
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point13$70,855$14,790
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House15$85,975$15,143
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway19$101,748$15,342
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel19$91,647$15,544
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton12$140,457$15,556
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood14$115,236$15,611
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees37$138,939$16,017
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold44$87,498$16,417
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington28$84,366$16,557
JFK University Medical CenterEdison83$111,426$16,694
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro35$97,815$16,728
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains34$132,100$16,733
Ocean Medical CenterBrick52$116,381$17,266
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington14$352,572$17,281
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City75$92,674$17,325
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer38$74,854$17,425
Community Medical CenterToms River100$111,262$17,965
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy21$106,243$18,066
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville25$151,102$18,463
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville35$118,173$18,489
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck24$102,521$18,658
Valley HospitalParamus64$135,388$18,697
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford88$137,307$18,855
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune152$155,192$19,216
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland29$64,469$19,396
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville24$77,273$19,460
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair25$111,178$19,486
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood24$98,161$19,982
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden70$175,617$20,083
Overlook Medical CenterSummit91$129,592$20,665
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg13$203,551$20,698
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown103$149,473$21,005
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton55$519,927$22,715
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick12$278,996$22,872
Cooper University HospitalCamden57$149,867$23,624
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City28$153,950$24,503
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston56$172,738$24,939
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick99$206,609$24,978
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson62$167,248$25,281
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack117$169,949$26,118
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen13$113,811$26,169
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch18$206,221$31,974
The University HospitalNewark20$142,874$35,806

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.