27/100
#1,962 nationally
Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd, North Bergen, NJ 07047 · (201) 854-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Palisades Medical Center billed $5.01 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
- 35
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #35
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% 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 |
353 | $35,274 | $3,092 | +82% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
148 | $117,730 | $25,622 | +80% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $94,298 | $18,517 | +117% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $108,124 | $22,503 | +97% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $87,401 | $18,872 | +88% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $74,055 | $16,177 | +82% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $91,475 | $20,543 | +73% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $11,873 | $1,792 | +18% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $59,261 | $13,395 | +99% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $71,082 | $15,880 | +81% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$94,298 | $18,517 | +117% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$66,349 | $12,997 | +109% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$59,261 | $13,395 | +99% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$121,956 | $21,869 | +99% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$108,124 | $22,503 | +97% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$81,722 | $16,403 | +95% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$90,012 | $15,961 | +90% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$87,401 | $18,872 | +88% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,322 | $5,888 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,503 | $3,683 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,542 | $6,566 | -7% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,546 | $7,379 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,519 | $3,967 | about average |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$77,596 | $21,053 | +15% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$208,266 | $55,173 | +17% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,873 | $1,792 | +18% |
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.