DRG 520 · Musculoskeletal

Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in New Jersey — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on the back or neck that does not fuse bones of the spine together, such as removing part of a damaged disc or relieving pressure on a nerve. Patients are usually up and walking soon after surgery, with a short recovery stay.

State average
$74,854
gross charge · DRG 520
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$46,351 – $96,100
low to high
Lowest $46,351 Highest $96,100

7 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for back & neck surgery (non-fusion) under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $46,351 to $96,100. The cheapest is CentraState Medical Center in Freehold; the most expensive is Hudson Regional Hospital New Jersey in Secaucus. The state average sits at $74,854.

What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 back & neck surgery (non-fusion) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in New Jersey, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 520 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    CentraState Medical Center

    Freehold, NJ

    Gross charge $46,351
    Cash pay $14,010
  2. 2

    Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, NJ

    Gross charge $76,305
    Cash pay $17,221
  3. 3

    Chilton Medical Center

    Pompton Plains, NJ

    Gross charge $76,305
    Cash pay $17,221
  4. 4

    Newton Medical Center

    Newton, NJ

    Gross charge $76,305
    Cash pay $17,221
  5. 5

    Overlook Medical Center

    Summit, NJ

    Gross charge $76,305
    Cash pay $17,221
  6. 6

    Ahs Hospital Corp

    Hackettstown, NJ

    Gross charge $76,305
    Cash pay $17,221
  7. 7

    Hudson Regional Hospital New Jersey

    Secaucus, NJ

    Gross charge $96,100
  8. 8

    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  9. 9

    HMH Palisades Medical Center

    North Bergen, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  10. 10

    St. Mary's General Hospital

    Passaic, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $21,934
  11. 11

    Clara Maass Medical Center

    Belleville, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  12. 12

    Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional

    Cape May Court House, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $13,184
  13. 13

    Valley Hospital

    Paramus, NJ

    Gross charge
  14. 14

    Cooper University Hospital

    Camden, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,950
  15. 15

    St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc

    Paterson, NJ

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    West Jersey Hospital

    Voorhees, NJ

    Gross charge
  17. 17
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  18. 18

    Trinitas Regional Medical Center

    Elizabeth, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  19. 19

    Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

    Camden, NJ

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Deborah Heart and Lung Rehabilitate Center

    Browns Mills, NJ

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Inspira Medical Center Vineland

    Vineland, NJ

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    HMH Riverview Medical Center

    Red Bank, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  23. 23

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

    New Brunswick, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  24. 24

    HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center

    Perth Amboy, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  25. 25

    Community Medical Center

    Toms River, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  26. 26

    Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell

    Pennington, NJ

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

    Englewood, NJ

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Shore Medical Center

    Somers Point, NJ

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset

    Somerville, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  30. 30

    HMH Ocean University Medical Center

    Brick, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  31. 31

    Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

    Mount Holly, NJ

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus

    Phillipsburg, NJ

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Virtua Willingboro Hospital

    Willingboro, NJ

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus

    Atlantic City, NJ

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill

    Elmer, NJ

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center

    Neptune, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  37. 37

    Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  38. 38

    Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus

    Lakewood, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  39. 39

    Jefferson Stratford Hospital

    Stratford, NJ

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Capital Health Regional Medical Center

    Trenton, NJ

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    HMH JFK University Medical Center

    Edison, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  42. 42
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319
  43. 43

    HMH Bayshore Medical Center

    Holmdel, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  44. 44

    HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center

    Manahawkin, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,159
  45. 45

    The University Hospital

    Newark, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $29,644
  46. 46

    Jersey City Medical Center

    Jersey City, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,319

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