28/100
#1,928 nationally
Clara Maass Medical Center
One Clara Maass Drive, Belleville, NJ 07109 · (973) 450-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Clara Maass Medical Center billed $6.88 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
- 6.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 78
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #32
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% 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 |
456 | $24,886 | $2,796 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
359 | $15,410 | $4,309 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $12,394 | $2,387 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $117,087 | $12,247 | +170% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $20,025 | $5,523 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
93 | $128,636 | $18,359 | +97% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $113,536 | $14,811 | +85% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $21,628 | $3,243 | -14% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $13,707 | $3,594 | -34% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $18,509 | $5,246 | -33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$168,759 | $21,169 | +253% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$119,989 | $12,412 | +194% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$117,087 | $12,247 | +170% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$145,877 | $17,212 | +165% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$80,568 | $8,646 | +164% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$130,875 | $14,865 | +155% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$84,243 | $8,902 | +144% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$77,063 | $8,735 | +143% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,554 | $5,567 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,274 | $5,951 | -45% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,078 | $7,378 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,834 | $11,473 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,707 | $3,594 | -34% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,652 | $13,592 | -33% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,509 | $5,246 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,875 | $9,944 | -32% |
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.