Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in New Jersey — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
Gross charge $62,197 - 2
Chilton Medical Center
Pompton Plains, NJ
Gross charge $62,197 - 3
Newton Medical Center
Newton, NJ
Gross charge $62,197 - 4
CentraState Medical Center
Freehold, NJ
Gross charge $62,197 - 5
Ahs Hospital Corp
Hackettstown, NJ
Gross charge $62,197 - 6
St. Mary's General Hospital
Passaic, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,853 - 7
Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional
Cape May Court House, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,284 - 8
Valley Hospital
Paramus, NJ
Gross charge — - 9
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,019 - 10
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
Paterson, NJ
Gross charge — - 11
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ
Gross charge — - 12
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Camden, NJ
Gross charge — - 13
Deborah Heart and Lung Rehabilitate Center
Browns Mills, NJ
Gross charge — - 14
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
Vineland, NJ
Gross charge — - 15
Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319Medicare pays (avg) $6,942 - 16
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ
Gross charge — - 17
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ
Gross charge — - 18
Shore Medical Center
Somers Point, NJ
Gross charge — - 19
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital
Mount Holly, NJ
Gross charge — - 20
St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus
Phillipsburg, NJ
Gross charge — - 21
Virtua Willingboro Hospital
Willingboro, NJ
Gross charge — - 22
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus
Atlantic City, NJ
Gross charge — - 23
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Elmer, NJ
Gross charge — - 24
HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,517 - 25
Jefferson Stratford Hospital
Stratford, NJ
Gross charge — - 26
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ
Gross charge — - 27
HMH Bayshore Medical Center
Holmdel, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,517 - 28
The University Hospital
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,695 - 29
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,470 - 30
HMH Palisades Medical Center
North Bergen, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,081 - 31
Clara Maass Medical Center
Belleville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,335 - 32Gross charge —Cash pay $2,774
- 33
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,726 - 34
HMH Riverview Medical Center
Red Bank, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,517 - 35
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $4,122 - 36
HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center
Perth Amboy, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,684 - 37
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Somerville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,486 - 38
HMH Ocean University Medical Center
Brick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,287 - 39
Jersey City Medical Center
Jersey City, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,589 - 40
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,629 - 41
Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus
Lakewood, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,085 - 42
HMH JFK University Medical Center
Edison, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,765 - 43
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
Hamilton, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,233 - 44
HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center
Manahawkin, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,280
5 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lungs under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $62,197 to $62,197. The cheapest is Morristown Medical Center in Morristown; the most expensive is Ahs Hospital Corp in Hackettstown. The state average sits at $62,197.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.