CostGrade
D

32/100

#1,831 nationally

Trinitas Regional Medical Center

225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07207 · (908) 994-5000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Trinitas Regional Medical Center billed $4.69 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
4.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
36
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NJ
#21
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.

Inpatient charge markup 13.6/35

Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 11.5/25

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 6.7/30

Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.3/10

Better than 3% 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

218 $107,720 $22,546 +65%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

134 $19,672 $2,849 about average
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

42 $22,186 $2,440 +89%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

41 $81,440 $17,006 +88%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

30 $5,890 $1,697 -42%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

27 $85,974 $17,804 +138%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

27 $10,429 $1,992 -11%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

26 $52,182 $13,456 +26%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

24 $86,839 $15,418 +113%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

24 $195,961 $47,797 +10%

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
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$211,241 $21,871 +511%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$85,974 $17,804 +138%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$86,839 $15,418 +113%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$89,002 $13,598 +113%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,186 $2,440 +89%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$81,440 $17,006 +88%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$87,198 $20,318 +75%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$67,517 $13,098 +72%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,890 $1,697 -42%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 073 · Inpatient stay

$42,234 $18,317 -35%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay

$99,001 $35,010 -32%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$32,336 $7,191 -19%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,429 $1,992 -11%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,987 $3,337 -11%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$46,733 $16,085 about average
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$35,867 $5,753 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.
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