42/100
#1,516 nationally
Centrastate Medical Center
901 West Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728 · (732) 294-7012
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centrastate Medical Center billed $5.37 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 132
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,172 | $23,046 | $2,867 | +19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
448 | $100,503 | $17,251 | +54% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
289 | $74,313 | $11,124 | +71% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
154 | $75,854 | $11,762 | +63% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $46,346 | $6,995 | +56% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
150 | $77,356 | $14,011 | +41% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $30,372 | $13,754 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $8,378 | $1,704 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $18,652 | $6,116 | -47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
123 | $66,220 | $10,047 | +63% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$96,828 | $13,436 | +89% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$101,993 | $13,471 | +83% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$134,476 | $15,567 | +81% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$98,406 | $12,800 | +75% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$74,313 | $11,124 | +71% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$67,004 | $9,815 | +69% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$52,379 | $7,098 | +65% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$75,854 | $11,762 | +63% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,573 | $10,900 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,742 | $7,406 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,607 | $5,409 | -54% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,516 | $6,208 | -52% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,372 | $13,754 | -51% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,156 | $9,758 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,652 | $6,116 | -47% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,488 | $3,695 | -44% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.