44/100
#1,468 nationally
Hunterdon Medical Center
2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822 · (908) 788-6100
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hunterdon 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 93
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 |
512 | $21,993 | $2,861 | +13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
347 | $81,106 | $17,165 | +24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
153 | $56,151 | $11,514 | +29% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $54,973 | $15,945 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $24,742 | $5,929 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $25,834 | $3,393 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $7,059 | $1,697 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $43,333 | $12,494 | -31% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $29,339 | $7,490 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $18,304 | $3,561 | -11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$62,134 | $12,520 | +72% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$52,173 | $9,098 | +67% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$89,369 | $16,143 | +62% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$52,270 | $6,883 | +56% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$38,532 | $5,227 | +53% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$132,128 | $24,718 | +50% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$71,041 | $11,005 | +50% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$90,961 | $13,733 | +48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,892 | $3,543 | -40% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$54,973 | $15,945 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,333 | $12,494 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,059 | $1,697 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,742 | $5,929 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,120 | $1,624 | -29% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$47,258 | $14,007 | -28% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,615 | $19,086 | -28% |
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.