38/100
#1,665 nationally
The University Hospital
150 Bergen St, Newark, NJ 07103 · (973) 972-4300
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The University Hospital billed $4.08 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 56
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #7
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
389 | $33,483 | $3,081 | +72% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
348 | $13,733 | $3,923 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
125 | $145,391 | $35,258 | +123% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $140,827 | $32,492 | +290% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $18,166 | $2,623 | +55% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $78,155 | $26,695 | +80% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $2,606 | $769 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $12,677 | $2,142 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $12,747 | $1,825 | +26% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $23,910 | $4,576 | +16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$140,827 | $32,492 | +290% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$152,253 | $30,303 | +168% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$77,085 | $21,513 | +159% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$118,251 | $26,702 | +154% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$145,391 | $35,258 | +123% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$100,115 | $23,925 | +120% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$84,569 | $23,352 | +116% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$101,307 | $26,719 | +109% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,733 | $3,923 | -33% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$110,552 | $52,699 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,055 | $19,686 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,606 | $769 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,952 | $6,493 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,631 | $4,351 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,481 | $2,630 | about average |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,888 | $4,215 | about average |
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.