DRG 787 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in New Jersey — Compare All Hospitals

Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.

State average
$35,702
gross charge · DRG 787
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$28,753 – $37,439
low to high
Lowest $28,753 Highest $37,439

5 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $28,753 to $37,439. The cheapest is CentraState Medical Center in Freehold; the most expensive is Ahs Hospital Corp in Hackettstown. The state average sits at $35,702.

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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

For c-section in New Jersey, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.

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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 787 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 $28,753
    Cash pay $10,380
  2. 2

    Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, NJ

    Gross charge $37,439
    Cash pay $12,871
  3. 3

    Chilton Medical Center

    Pompton Plains, NJ

    Gross charge $37,439
    Cash pay $12,871
  4. 4

    Newton Medical Center

    Newton, NJ

    Gross charge $37,439
    Cash pay $12,871
  5. 5

    Ahs Hospital Corp

    Hackettstown, NJ

    Gross charge $37,439
    Cash pay $12,871
  6. 6

    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  7. 7

    HMH Palisades Medical Center

    North Bergen, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  8. 8

    St. Mary's General Hospital

    Passaic, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,672
  9. 9

    Clara Maass Medical Center

    Belleville, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  10. 10

    Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional

    Cape May Court House, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,775
  11. 11

    Valley Hospital

    Paramus, NJ

    Gross charge
  12. 12

    St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc

    Paterson, NJ

    Gross charge
  13. 13

    West Jersey Hospital

    Voorhees, NJ

    Gross charge
  14. 14
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  15. 15

    Trinitas Regional Medical Center

    Elizabeth, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  16. 16

    Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

    Camden, NJ

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Deborah Heart and Lung Rehabilitate Center

    Browns Mills, NJ

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Inspira Medical Center Vineland

    Vineland, NJ

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    HMH Riverview Medical Center

    Red Bank, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  20. 20

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

    New Brunswick, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  21. 21

    HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center

    Perth Amboy, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  22. 22

    Community Medical Center

    Toms River, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  23. 23

    Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell

    Pennington, NJ

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

    Englewood, NJ

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Shore Medical Center

    Somers Point, NJ

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset

    Somerville, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  27. 27

    HMH Ocean University Medical Center

    Brick, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  28. 28

    Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

    Mount Holly, NJ

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus

    Phillipsburg, NJ

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Virtua Willingboro Hospital

    Willingboro, NJ

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus

    Atlantic City, NJ

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill

    Elmer, NJ

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center

    Neptune, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  34. 34

    Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  35. 35

    Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus

    Lakewood, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  36. 36

    Jefferson Stratford Hospital

    Stratford, NJ

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Capital Health Regional Medical Center

    Trenton, NJ

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    HMH JFK University Medical Center

    Edison, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  39. 39
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517
  40. 40

    HMH Bayshore Medical Center

    Holmdel, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  41. 41

    HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center

    Manahawkin, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,008
  42. 42

    The University Hospital

    Newark, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,496
  43. 43

    Jersey City Medical Center

    Jersey City, NJ

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,517

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