36/100
#1,706 nationally
Cooper University Hospital
1 Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103 · (856) 342-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cooper University Hospital billed $5.16 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 219
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #10
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% 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 |
728 | $25,519 | $2,841 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
582 | $15,654 | $1,857 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
487 | $26,040 | $3,387 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
347 | $13,263 | $1,650 | +32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
327 | $100,583 | $21,217 | +54% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
325 | $13,424 | $2,115 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
323 | $132,645 | $24,727 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $19,838 | $3,128 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $13,249 | $1,703 | +17% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
208 | $4,596 | $709 | +47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$140,010 | $25,871 | +180% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$192,473 | $32,179 | +139% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$108,032 | $17,603 | +111% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$132,400 | $21,423 | +97% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$149,867 | $23,624 | +96% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$97,892 | $12,421 | +90% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$88,836 | $13,055 | +88% |
|
Trauma to the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast without Major Complications
MS-DRG 605 · Inpatient stay |
$76,724 | $10,516 | +87% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5094 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,631 | $18,406 | -52% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 657 · Inpatient stay |
$57,871 | $18,683 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,547 | $10,640 | -30% |
|
Concomitant Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Cardiac Ablation
MS-DRG 317 · Inpatient stay |
$247,778 | $60,659 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,061 | $5,799 | -26% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 957 · Inpatient stay |
$282,069 | $73,251 | -23% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,513 | $6,001 | -23% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,772 | $7,165 | -23% |
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.