New Jersey Hospital Price Report
What hospitals charge for shoppable care across New Jersey — drawn from 49 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.
The same procedure, wildly different prices
Even within New Jersey, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.
| Procedure | Typical range (10th–90th pct) | Median | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Hospital Admission (Level 1) | $67 – $7,572 | $139 | 35 |
| Comprehensive Metabolic Panel | $11 – $236 | $13 | 48 |
| Urinalysis with Microscopy | $3 – $65 | $5 | 47 |
| Umbilical Hernia Repair | $347 – $6,020 | $999 | 8 |
| Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential | $8 – $118 | $9 | 48 |
| Basic Metabolic Panel | $8 – $110 | $12 | 48 |
| PSA Prostate Cancer Screening | $18 – $220 | $21 | 47 |
| EKG (Electrocardiogram, 12-lead) | $24 – $284 | $102 | 31 |
Cash can beat the list price
The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in New Jersey, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.
| Procedure | Cash (median) | Gross / list (median) |
|---|---|---|
| Urinalysis with Microscopy | $4 | $112 |
| Comprehensive Metabolic Panel | $12 | $328 |
| Basic Metabolic Panel | $10 | $187 |
| Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential | $9 | $149 |
| Lipid Panel (Cholesterol Test) | $15 | $247 |
| PSA Prostate Cancer Screening | $21 | $319 |
The most expensive shoppable procedures in New Jersey
| Procedure | Median negotiated | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation | $31,052 | 41 |
| Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior) | $16,268 | 37 |
| Total Hip Replacement | $14,930 | 39 |
| Total Knee Replacement | $14,444 | 39 |
| Coronary Angioplasty with Stent | $13,334 | 44 |
| Cervical Spinal Fusion (Anterior) | $13,109 | 37 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.
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