34/100
#1,765 nationally
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical
250 Old Hook Road, Westwood, NJ 07675 · (201) 880-2700
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical billed $5.70 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
- 5.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 41
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #13
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 |
107 | $24,335 | $3,092 | +25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $52,433 | $14,825 | -16% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
93 | $85,851 | $14,040 | +56% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $43,583 | $7,869 | +9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $69,843 | $11,229 | +61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $92,703 | $16,226 | +42% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $44,300 | $6,915 | +49% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $77,986 | $12,246 | +67% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $27,320 | $5,697 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $99,650 | $14,787 | +145% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$89,015 | $7,100 | +184% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$99,650 | $14,787 | +145% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$67,433 | $8,460 | +81% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$87,321 | $10,924 | +80% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$92,917 | $12,543 | +76% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$77,986 | $12,246 | +67% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,334 | $3,195 | +65% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,803 | $3,937 | +63% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,568 | $21,153 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,323 | $11,698 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,433 | $14,825 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,781 | $2,318 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,196 | $2,072 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,320 | $5,697 | about average |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$80,884 | $16,528 | about average |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$62,256 | $12,687 | about average |
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.