29/100
#1,924 nationally
University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro
One-Five Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 · (609) 853-6500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro billed $6.19 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
- 138
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #31
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 |
907 | $32,304 | $2,896 | +66% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
778 | $58,538 | $13,909 | -6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
531 | $101,333 | $16,888 | +55% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
335 | $15,767 | $1,712 | +56% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
261 | $86,507 | $11,629 | +99% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
221 | $37,400 | $7,451 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $35,686 | $6,083 | about average |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $72,400 | $19,723 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $16,034 | $2,019 | +36% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $13,484 | $2,048 | +19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Personality and Impulse Control
MS-DRG 883 · Inpatient stay |
$225,878 | $22,567 | +396% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$93,527 | $9,883 | +123% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$149,555 | $22,681 | +110% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$69,547 | $7,393 | +109% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$81,734 | $8,752 | +108% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$97,898 | $10,995 | +102% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$127,888 | $19,761 | +99% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$86,507 | $11,629 | +99% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,972 | $11,315 | -32% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$116,319 | $30,176 | -20% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$71,018 | $16,926 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,389 | $5,277 | -15% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$93,137 | $20,589 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,618 | $3,382 | -13% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,400 | $19,723 | -13% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$89,870 | $19,805 | -12% |
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.