24/100
#2,066 nationally
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
703 Main St, Paterson, NJ 07503 · (973) 754-2010
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc billed $6.24 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
- 110
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #40
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% 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 |
387 | $26,147 | $3,079 | +35% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
287 | $166,601 | $24,267 | +155% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
183 | $117,047 | $16,626 | +170% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
140 | $101,692 | $14,568 | +63% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $136,806 | $20,680 | +149% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
107 | $119,153 | $16,881 | +156% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $21,352 | $3,588 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $10,188 | $2,148 | -13% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
82 | $103,042 | $15,200 | +153% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $17,608 | $3,342 | -8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$322,966 | $38,916 | +275% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$125,915 | $18,977 | +249% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$271,508 | $24,141 | +247% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$100,069 | $13,954 | +228% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$95,884 | $11,780 | +202% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$91,617 | $10,486 | +199% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$106,255 | $12,794 | +186% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$156,210 | $17,968 | +178% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,833 | $3,409 | -29% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$96,429 | $34,625 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,442 | $4,337 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,352 | $3,588 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,188 | $2,148 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$116,392 | $26,076 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,608 | $3,342 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,952 | $1,641 | -7% |
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.