Pneumonia Cost in New Jersey — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Hudson Regional Hospital New Jersey
Secaucus, NJ
Gross charge $26,025 - 2
CentraState Medical Center
Freehold, NJ
Gross charge $44,680Cash pay $8,127 - 3
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
Gross charge $49,836Cash pay $10,040 - 4
Chilton Medical Center
Pompton Plains, NJ
Gross charge $49,836 - 5
Newton Medical Center
Newton, NJ
Gross charge $49,836 - 6
Overlook Medical Center
Summit, NJ
Gross charge $49,836 - 7
Ahs Hospital Corp
Hackettstown, NJ
Gross charge $49,836Cash pay $10,040 - 8
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 9
St. Mary's General Hospital
Passaic, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,246 - 10
Clara Maass Medical Center
Belleville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 11
Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional
Cape May Court House, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,723 - 12
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,046 - 13
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
Paterson, NJ
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319
- 15
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 16
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
Vineland, NJ
Gross charge — - 17
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 18
Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 19
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ
Gross charge — - 20
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ
Gross charge — - 21
Shore Medical Center
Somers Point, NJ
Gross charge — - 22
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Somerville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 23
St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus
Phillipsburg, NJ
Gross charge — - 24
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus
Atlantic City, NJ
Gross charge — - 25
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Elmer, NJ
Gross charge — - 26
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 27
Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus
Lakewood, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 28
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ
Gross charge — - 29
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
Hamilton, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 30
The University Hospital
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,145
7 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for pneumonia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $26,025 to $49,836. The cheapest is Hudson Regional Hospital New Jersey in Secaucus; the most expensive is Ahs Hospital Corp in Hackettstown. The state average sits at $45,698.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists pneumonia at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent pneumonia admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. New Jersey hospitals missing from the list either don't perform pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.