43/100
#1,499 nationally
St Mary's General Hospital
350 Boulevard, Passaic, NJ 07055 · (973) 365-4300
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary's General Hospital billed $3.76 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 33
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #3
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $65,607 | $22,471 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $53,693 | $15,210 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $28,274 | $3,714 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $10,608 | $1,814 | +5% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $67,998 | $18,323 | +11% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $6,293 | $3,115 | -68% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $33,821 | $10,018 | +5% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $52,185 | $19,119 | -5% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $193,412 | $52,411 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $37,166 | $2,468 | +216% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,166 | $2,468 | +216% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,527 | $3,511 | +89% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,752 | $3,321 | +80% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,145 | $12,501 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,107 | $12,134 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,098 | $2,165 | +45% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$43,145 | $10,967 | +41% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$38,842 | $10,380 | +24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,293 | $3,115 | -68% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$21,220 | $9,609 | -37% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$28,554 | $10,800 | -35% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$22,740 | $9,618 | -26% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$32,919 | $11,091 | -19% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$39,768 | $14,735 | -18% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$49,708 | $16,973 | -12% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$33,356 | $10,751 | -9% |
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.