41/100
#1,578 nationally
Valley Hospital
4 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ 07652 · (201) 447-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Valley Hospital billed $5.22 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 225
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NJ
- #5
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
1,164 | $20,468 | $3,104 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
778 | $19,847 | $2,652 | +69% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
522 | $53,351 | $14,848 | -15% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
476 | $107,010 | $17,984 | +64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
426 | $66,833 | $11,421 | +54% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
399 | $8,277 | $1,837 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
332 | $81,342 | $26,873 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
262 | $15,742 | $3,694 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
235 | $29,138 | $6,521 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $21,413 | $3,967 | +4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$394,454 | $52,240 | +156% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$191,239 | $27,741 | +151% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$175,396 | $21,183 | +119% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$205,515 | $24,152 | +109% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,528 | $778 | +108% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$233,215 | $32,657 | +106% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$61,703 | $6,963 | +97% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$97,310 | $13,213 | +84% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,863 | $37,317 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,564 | $9,586 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,573 | $4,358 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,811 | $26,746 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,342 | $26,873 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,742 | $3,694 | -38% |
|
Hernia Procedures Except Inguinal and Femoral without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 355 · Inpatient stay |
$42,891 | $11,683 | -35% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay |
$76,588 | $21,213 | -33% |
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.