18/100
#2,206 nationally
Chilton Medical Center
97 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 · (973) 831-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Chilton Medical Center billed $8.42 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
- 8.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 105
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #44
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 |
567 | $35,575 | $3,015 | +83% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
404 | $149,464 | $16,245 | +129% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
243 | $17,592 | $1,807 | +75% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
187 | $99,523 | $10,545 | +129% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $24,906 | $5,785 | -9% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
118 | $114,977 | $14,214 | +109% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $47,556 | $6,455 | +35% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $105,020 | $12,120 | +125% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $42,791 | $3,643 | +70% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $78,282 | $9,614 | +92% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$109,335 | $9,555 | +161% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$85,870 | $7,398 | +161% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$91,341 | $7,634 | +154% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$118,074 | $10,451 | +144% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$82,643 | $8,242 | +139% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$77,411 | $7,117 | +138% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$92,908 | $9,847 | +137% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$72,183 | $6,214 | +136% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,588 | $4,310 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,906 | $5,785 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,982 | $4,290 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,669 | $11,570 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,918 | $3,587 | about average |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,530 | $7,339 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,814 | $3,923 | +6% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,244 | $7,939 | +6% |
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.