US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with complications in New Jersey

MS-DRG 806: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with cc

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Community Medical CenterToms River–––$6,786$14,861$9,693–$17,730 · 21 plans
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack––––$24,529$7,563–$32,508 · 22 plans
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford–––$8,210$11,513$7,173–$15,369 · 22 plans
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune–––$6,139$20,111$11,667–$26,996 · 20 plans
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown–––$9,138$18,902$7,510–$33,483 · 100 plans
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick–––$9,296$17,229$10,344–$19,298 · 17 plans

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.