US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$80,308typical hospital bill
$11,387typical amount paid
$8,743–$21,291range paid across 54 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $80,308 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 CenterManahawkin86$67,420$8,743
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank70$67,069$8,952
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel73$72,010$8,958
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at HamiltonHamilton42$64,189$9,161
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House33$55,354$9,331
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro25$95,686$9,392
AHS Hospital CorpHackettstown50$110,039$9,414
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point41$51,319$9,446
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro37$60,015$9,545
Newton Medical CenterNewton81$152,560$9,550
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees138$83,852$9,555
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains83$78,282$9,614
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway22$83,687$9,677
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville72$93,687$10,032
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold123$66,220$10,047
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly61$100,713$10,144
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City111$56,095$10,296
Valley HospitalParamus65$55,719$10,326
Community Medical CenterToms River174$82,453$10,326
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck67$47,857$10,582
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington60$57,998$10,719
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune127$83,636$10,766
Ocean Medical CenterBrick124$72,750$10,936
Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus11$101,558$10,981
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington47$243,425$11,164
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy57$72,074$11,288
JFK University Medical CenterEdison110$88,596$11,371
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville64$38,330$11,404
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair28$58,075$11,423
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford151$67,459$11,452
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer111$59,052$11,666
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalCamden54$76,641$11,913
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood44$78,985$11,949
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood79$47,475$12,124
Overlook Medical CenterSummit105$72,563$12,180
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg32$82,537$12,218
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville50$119,989$12,412
Cooper University HospitalCamden33$52,238$12,513
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown292$100,719$12,808
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland82$65,503$13,148
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick75$115,920$13,674
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch39$85,047$13,729
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic13$46,750$14,255
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick47$143,374$14,294
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton45$323,357$14,345
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack128$81,632$14,613
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston96$107,402$14,636
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood37$99,650$14,787
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson82$103,042$15,200
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth24$86,839$15,418
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen40$74,055$16,177
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark16$150,159$18,047
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterBayonne19$380,378$19,152
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City33$126,579$21,291

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.