25/100
#2,033 nationally
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 · (732) 828-3000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 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
- 229
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #38
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
869 | $25,908 | $2,960 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
588 | $186,460 | $24,890 | +186% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
396 | $2,179 | $754 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
292 | $25,155 | $3,592 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
278 | $134,840 | $16,395 | +211% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
264 | $9,564 | $2,275 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $12,516 | $1,649 | +24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $64,125 | $11,862 | -5% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
185 | $190,546 | $50,268 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $20,123 | $3,834 | about average |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications
MS-DRG 554 · Inpatient stay |
$166,218 | $24,100 | +416% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$299,302 | $30,958 | +321% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$198,321 | $17,802 | +319% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$167,708 | $16,516 | +246% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$190,708 | $16,807 | +239% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$120,176 | $12,569 | +228% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$104,824 | $10,791 | +222% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$219,453 | $25,554 | +220% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,937 | $1,856 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,179 | $754 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,842 | $4,161 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,564 | $2,275 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$116,712 | $36,287 | -21% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,989 | $9,555 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,880 | $3,643 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,513 | $18,944 | -17% |
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.