30/100
#1,874 nationally
Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 · (201) 915-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Jersey City Medical Center billed $5.42 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 77
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #23
- 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 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
437 | $24,377 | $3,007 | +25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
199 | $133,515 | $23,698 | +105% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $93,746 | $17,187 | +116% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $23,690 | $3,597 | -6% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $52,685 | $14,504 | -16% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $85,338 | $19,837 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $7,054 | $1,744 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $23,497 | $6,566 | -33% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $123,759 | $25,374 | +49% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $72,858 | $13,897 | +86% |
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 |
$212,495 | $28,406 | +325% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$103,086 | $16,216 | +237% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$126,579 | $21,291 | +211% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$143,627 | $16,949 | +197% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$90,620 | $12,090 | +197% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$134,769 | $22,934 | +182% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$84,970 | $12,559 | +179% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$120,261 | $18,460 | +158% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,042 | $3,234 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,497 | $6,566 | -33% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,824 | $6,253 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,054 | $1,744 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,496 | $5,888 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,835 | $4,337 | -25% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,975 | $3,967 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,601 | $12,125 | -21% |
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.