CostGrade
D

27/100

#1,960 nationally

Morristown Medical Center

100 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07962 · (973) 971-5450

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Morristown Medical Center billed $6.18 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
6.2x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
302
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NJ
#34
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.

Inpatient charge markup 6.6/35

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.1/25

Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 5.7/30

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.8/10

Better than 18% 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

1,575 $29,509 $3,038 +52%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

1,233 $57,254 $14,577 -8%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

823 $34,239 $3,657 +36%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

721 $12,984 $1,770 +29%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

628 $113,063 $13,853 +160%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

518 $88,457 $11,533 +31%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

503 $42,643 $3,990 +23%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

433 $162,020 $20,288 +148%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

428 $36,607 $7,579 -8%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

382 $297,830 $49,225 +57%

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
Complicated Peptic Ulcer with Major Complications

MS-DRG 380 · Inpatient stay

$237,221 $24,502 +182%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$158,751 $15,679 +176%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications

MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay

$114,461 $10,041 +172%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$113,063 $13,853 +160%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major

MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay

$227,716 $27,859 +159%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$135,176 $15,866 +155%
Skin Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay

$130,760 $16,722 +155%
Digestive Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay

$130,207 $14,331 +154%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Major Operating Room

MS-DRG 827 · Inpatient stay

$88,185 $25,063 -33%
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Ovarian or Adnexal Malignancy with Complications

MS-DRG 737 · Inpatient stay

$80,360 $19,252 -30%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,021 $9,360 -23%
Major Chest Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay

$85,370 $26,582 -21%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,265 $4,237 -21%
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay

$67,900 $20,393 -18%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,255 $6,877 -16%
Major Head and Neck Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 141 · Inpatient stay

$101,150 $26,088 -14%

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.