This Web resource allows healthcare consumers to compare information about various services and charges at New Jersey's acute care hospitals. It's a service provided by the New Jersey Hospital Association and its member hospitals, who are committed to providing comparative information that is timely and easy to access.

This information does not constitute, nor should it substitute for, medical advice. Disclaimer.

Some important information for users to remember:

• This site reflects hospital "charges," an amount used as a starting point for negotiations. Major healthcare payers such as Medicare, Medicaid and HMOs pay hospitals significantly discounted rates; they do not pay the charges rate.
• Those discounts paid by major healthcare users are often "cost-shifted" to other sources, resulting in the higher "charges" rates seen here.
• In close to 90 percent of cases, hospitals are paid much less than the amounts listed here.
• Unfortunately, a small percentage of uninsured, self-pay patients are billed at the "charges" rate. Virtually all N.J. hospitals have adopted compassionate billing practices to negotiate lower rates and work out payment plans with self-pay patients.
• Patients are encouraged to contact individual hospitals and their insurance plans to discuss specific billing rates and practices.

About This Site

Glossary

This information is compiled from publicly available sources provided by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Current data is based on hospital discharges from the 4th quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2007. For more information see About This Site.