Fluid Around the Lung Cost in New Jersey — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$75,375
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$72,053 – $88,663
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
Gross charge $72,053Cash pay $18,934 - 2
Chilton Medical Center
Pompton Plains, NJ
Gross charge $72,053Cash pay $18,934 - 3
Newton Medical Center
Newton, NJ
Gross charge $72,053Cash pay $18,934 - 4
Ahs Hospital Corp
Hackettstown, NJ
Gross charge $72,053Cash pay $18,934 - 5
CentraState Medical Center
Freehold, NJ
Gross charge $88,663Cash pay $15,248 - 6
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 7
HMH Palisades Medical Center
North Bergen, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 8
St. Mary's General Hospital
Passaic, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $24,014 - 9
Clara Maass Medical Center
Belleville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 10
Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional
Cape May Court House, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,265 - 11
Valley Hospital
Paramus, NJ
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,245 - 12
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $18,317 - 13
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
Paterson, NJ
Gross charge — - 14
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,071 - 15Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319
- 16
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 17
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Camden, NJ
Gross charge — - 18
Deborah Heart and Lung Rehabilitate Center
Browns Mills, NJ
Gross charge — - 19
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
Vineland, NJ
Gross charge — - 20
HMH Riverview Medical Center
Red Bank, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 21
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 22
HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center
Perth Amboy, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 23
Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 24
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ
Gross charge — - 25
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ
Gross charge — - 26
Shore Medical Center
Somers Point, NJ
Gross charge — - 27
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Somerville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 28
HMH Ocean University Medical Center
Brick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 29
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital
Mount Holly, NJ
Gross charge — - 30
St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus
Phillipsburg, NJ
Gross charge — - 31
Virtua Willingboro Hospital
Willingboro, NJ
Gross charge — - 32
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus
Atlantic City, NJ
Gross charge — - 33
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Elmer, NJ
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,915 - 34
HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 35
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 36
Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus
Lakewood, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 37
Jefferson Stratford Hospital
Stratford, NJ
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,794 - 38
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ
Gross charge — - 39
HMH JFK University Medical Center
Edison, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 40
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
Hamilton, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319 - 41
HMH Bayshore Medical Center
Holmdel, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 42
HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center
Manahawkin, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,404 - 43
The University Hospital
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,679 - 44
Jersey City Medical Center
Jersey City, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $3,319
5 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lung under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $72,053 to $88,663. The cheapest is Morristown Medical Center in Morristown; the most expensive is CentraState Medical Center in Freehold. The state average sits at $75,375.
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 lung 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 lung 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 lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.