36/100
#1,709 nationally
Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Ave, Hackensack, NJ 07601 · (551) 996-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hackensack University Medical Center billed $4.95 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 242
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #11
- 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 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% 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 |
1,520 | $36,548 | $3,070 | +88% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
965 | $47,675 | $14,810 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
812 | $140,083 | $24,781 | +115% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
552 | $11,499 | $1,825 | +14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
331 | $109,355 | $17,105 | +152% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
327 | $17,209 | $3,938 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
319 | $23,136 | $3,680 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
317 | $16,721 | $3,563 | -12% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
299 | $43,122 | $8,119 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
258 | $37,225 | $6,505 | +6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,089 | $707 | +254% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$158,796 | $22,473 | +209% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$122,907 | $12,504 | +198% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$134,415 | $18,687 | +162% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$176,199 | $26,170 | +159% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$169,258 | $25,183 | +158% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$119,987 | $18,820 | +158% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$199,339 | $31,985 | +155% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$89,825 | $26,135 | -32% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,324 | $19,689 | -27% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$121,926 | $49,156 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,675 | $14,810 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,976 | $36,561 | -23% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$84,767 | $27,751 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,384 | $2,593 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5463 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,625 | $15,471 | -20% |
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.