DRG 501 · Musculoskeletal

Soft Tissue Surgery Cost in New Jersey — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on muscles, tendons, or other soft tissues, such as removing a growth or repairing damaged tissue. The stay covers the surgery, wound care, and early recovery.

State average
$81,780
gross charge · DRG 501
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$54,161 – $91,328
low to high
Lowest $54,161 Highest $91,328

7 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for soft tissue surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $54,161 to $91,328. The cheapest is Hudson Regional Hospital New Jersey in Secaucus; the most expensive is CentraState Medical Center in Freehold. The state average sits at $81,780.

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 soft tissue surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling soft tissue surgery 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 soft tissue surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 501 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

    Hudson Regional Hospital New Jersey

    Secaucus, NJ

    Gross charge $54,161
  2. 2

    Morristown Medical Center

    Morristown, NJ

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $85,394
    Cash pay $21,337
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,728
  3. 3

    Chilton Medical Center

    Pompton Plains, NJ

    Gross charge $85,394
    Cash pay $21,337
  4. 4

    Newton Medical Center

    Newton, NJ

    Gross charge $85,394
    Cash pay $21,337
  5. 5

    Overlook Medical Center

    Summit, NJ

    Gross charge $85,394
    Cash pay $21,337
  6. 6

    Ahs Hospital Corp

    Hackettstown, NJ

    Gross charge $85,394
    Cash pay $21,337
  7. 7

    CentraState Medical Center

    Freehold, NJ

    Gross charge $91,328
    Cash pay $16,993
  8. 8

    St. Mary's General Hospital

    Passaic, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $26,915
  9. 9

    Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional

    Cape May Court House, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,910
  10. 10

    Valley Hospital

    Paramus, NJ

    Gross charge —
  11. 11

    Cooper University Hospital

    Camden, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $20,397
  12. 12

    St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc

    Paterson, NJ

    Gross charge —
  13. 13

    West Jersey Hospital

    Voorhees, NJ

    Gross charge —
  14. 14

    Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

    Camden, NJ

    Gross charge —
  15. 15

    Deborah Heart and Lung Rehabilitate Center

    Browns Mills, NJ

    Gross charge —
  16. 16

    Inspira Medical Center Vineland

    Vineland, NJ

    Gross charge —
  17. 17

    Community Medical Center

    Toms River, NJ

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

    Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell

    Pennington, NJ

    Gross charge —
  19. 19

    Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

    Englewood, NJ

    Gross charge —
  20. 20

    Shore Medical Center

    Somers Point, NJ

    Gross charge —
  21. 21

    Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

    Mount Holly, NJ

    Gross charge —
  22. 22

    St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus

    Phillipsburg, NJ

    Gross charge —
  23. 23

    Virtua Willingboro Hospital

    Willingboro, NJ

    Gross charge —
  24. 24

    Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus

    Atlantic City, NJ

    Gross charge —
  25. 25

    Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill

    Elmer, NJ

    Gross charge —
  26. 26

    HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center

    Neptune, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,140
  27. 27

    Capital Health Regional Medical Center

    Trenton, NJ

    Gross charge —
  28. 28

    HMH Bayshore Medical Center

    Holmdel, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,140
  29. 29

    The University Hospital

    Newark, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $34,516
  30. 30

    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $3,470
  31. 31

    HMH Palisades Medical Center

    North Bergen, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $21,475
  32. 32

    Clara Maass Medical Center

    Belleville, NJ

    Gross charge —
  33. 33
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $2,774
  34. 34

    Trinitas Regional Medical Center

    Elizabeth, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $2,726
  35. 35

    HMH Riverview Medical Center

    Red Bank, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,140
  36. 36

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

    New Brunswick, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $4,122
  37. 37

    HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center

    Perth Amboy, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,437
  38. 38

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset

    Somerville, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $2,486
  39. 39

    HMH Ocean University Medical Center

    Brick, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $14,730
  40. 40

    Jersey City Medical Center

    Jersey City, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $5,589
  41. 41

    Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $3,629
  42. 42

    Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus

    Lakewood, NJ

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    HMH JFK University Medical Center

    Edison, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $15,581
  44. 44
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $3,233
  45. 45

    HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center

    Manahawkin, NJ

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $12,941

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