Outpatient procedure · APC 8011

Comprehensive Observation Services

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,634 per procedure at 2,753 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,362 and $2,697.

Also known as: Observation stay

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,634
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,362–$2,697
Medicare’s share: $2,09079% of the payment
Average billed charge: $24,060
Hospitals reporting: 2,753815,315 procedures

Hospitals in New Jersey

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Average payment across these 59 hospitals: $2,897National $2,634 · New Jersey $2,897
Median hospital: $2,866
Lowest to highest: $2,684–$3,115
Medicare procedures: 36,741

59 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Comprehensive Observation Services by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch, NJ · CCN 310075 · +$128 outlier payments per case	404	$2,684	About average	$2,093	$25,386
Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ · CCN 310061	252	$2,776	About average	$2,188	$43,911
Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310029	258	$2,796	About average	$2,212	$42,657
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, NJ · CCN 310009	456	$2,796	About average	$2,195	$24,886
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville, NJ · CCN 310048 · +$139 outlier payments per case	338	$2,798	About average	$2,215	$32,478
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees, NJ · CCN 310022	1,429	$2,802	About average	$2,218	$39,422
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At RahwayRahway, NJ · CCN 310024	145	$2,804	About average	$2,220	$32,360
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood, NJ · CCN 310084	97	$2,819	About average	$2,234	$25,320
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · CCN 310064	1,529	$2,823	About average	$2,241	$24,976
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ · CCN 310057	704	$2,824	About average	$2,239	$43,978
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington, NJ · CCN 310044	669	$2,828	About average	$2,245	$100,832
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer, NJ · CCN 310069 · +$220 outlier payments per case	1,227	$2,831	About average	$2,247	$27,948
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point, NJ · CCN 310047	824	$2,832	About average	$2,250	$24,882
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	2,235	$2,834	About average	$2,251	$17,545
Newton Medical CenterNewton, NJ · CCN 310028	361	$2,834	About average	$2,251	$42,530
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At HamiltonHamilton, NJ · CCN 310110	300	$2,835	About average	$2,252	$28,965
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	1,857	$2,837	About average	$2,253	$21,709
Ahs Hospital CorpHackettstown, NJ · CCN 310115 · +$463 outlier payments per case	180	$2,837	About average	$2,257	$40,397
Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310014	728	$2,841	About average	$2,258	$25,519
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin, NJ · CCN 310113	722	$2,843	About average	$2,259	$28,417
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · CCN 310011	799	$2,844	About average	$2,261	$34,811
Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · CCN 310052 · +$53 outlier payments per case	1,687	$2,846	About average	$2,262	$30,408
JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · CCN 310108	638	$2,847	About average	$2,250	$28,625
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth, NJ · CCN 310027	134	$2,849	About average	$2,265	$19,672
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · CCN 310060	139	$2,849	About average	$2,267	$42,095
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland, NJ · CCN 310032 · +$162 outlier payments per case	695	$2,850	About average	$2,266	$29,715
Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ · CCN 310092	423	$2,855	About average	$2,272	$106,318
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy, NJ · CCN 310039 · +$98 outlier payments per case	510	$2,856	About average	$2,261	$32,178
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington, NJ · CCN 310005	512	$2,861	About average	$2,279	$21,993
Deborah Heart And Lung CenterBrowns Mills, NJ · CCN 310031	186	$2,866	About average	$2,281	$21,393
CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · CCN 310111 · +$222 outlier payments per case	1,172	$2,867	About average	$2,274	$23,046
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune, NJ · CCN 310073 · +$119 outlier payments per case	1,568	$2,869	About average	$2,277	$28,207
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank, NJ · CCN 310034 · +$78 outlier payments per case	997	$2,878	About average	$2,286	$29,944
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310070 · +$2,512 outlier payments per case	458	$2,885	About average	$2,293	$85,742
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, NJ · CCN 310112	466	$2,886	About average	$2,289	$29,179
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ · CCN 310002	231	$2,889	About average	$2,289	$24,374
University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · CCN 310010	907	$2,896	About average	$2,306	$32,304
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair, NJ · CCN 310054	263	$2,898	10% above the national average	$2,297	$23,112
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · CCN 310076 · +$88 outlier payments per case	729	$2,898	10% above the national average	$2,300	$24,558
Carewell Health Medical CenterEast Orange, NJ · CCN 310083 · +$1,834 outlier payments per case	28	$2,940	12% above the national average	$2,336	$49,805
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038 · +$119 outlier payments per case	869	$2,960	12% above the national average	$2,333	$25,908
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City, NJ · CCN 310074	437	$3,007	14% above the national average	$2,372	$24,377
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains, NJ · CCN 310017 · +$104 outlier payments per case	567	$3,015	14% above the national average	$2,388	$35,575
Heights University HospitalJersey City, NJ · CCN 310016 · +$1,502 outlier payments per case	157	$3,020	15% above the national average	$2,382	$304,001
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · CCN 310015 · +$106 outlier payments per case	1,575	$3,038	15% above the national average	$2,411	$29,509
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · CCN 310051 · +$92 outlier payments per case	843	$3,045	16% above the national average	$2,418	$31,224
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	267	$3,047	16% above the national average	$2,416	$46,607
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001 · +$1,606 outlier payments per case	1,520	$3,070	17% above the national average	$2,436	$36,548
Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken, NJ · CCN 310040 · +$1,043 outlier payments per case	175	$3,072	17% above the national average	$2,431	$224,188
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · CCN 310019	387	$3,079	17% above the national average	$2,447	$26,147

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 1,019,189 procedures at 2,860 hospitals · 2021: 965,877 procedures at 2,852 hospitals · 2022: 921,225 procedures at 2,850 hospitals · 2023: 863,129 procedures at 2,798 hospitals · 2024: 815,315 procedures at 2,753 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Comprehensive Observation Services
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,173	$19K
2021	$2,303	$20K
2022	$2,330	$22K
2023	$2,422	$23K
2024	$2,634	$24K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Comprehensive Observation Services, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,308	$1,285	$1,180–$1,485
Alabama	73	8,112	$2,241	$2,169–$2,264
Mississippi	52	11,311	$2,278	$2,235–$2,347
West Virginia	22	5,181	$2,285	$2,226–$2,367
Louisiana	64	14,412	$2,288	$2,259–$2,300
Tennessee	73	16,493	$2,299	$2,237–$2,337
Ohio	110	31,616	$2,317	$2,300–$2,380
Oklahoma	61	11,406	$2,348	$2,322–$2,440
Arkansas	40	11,142	$2,356	$2,302–$2,439
Kentucky	61	15,821	$2,359	$2,296–$2,442
South Carolina	50	15,082	$2,368	$2,308–$2,382
Kansas	33	7,920	$2,377	$2,321–$2,503
Iowa	31	7,279	$2,385	$2,330–$2,467
Missouri	63	15,191	$2,393	$2,335–$2,465
Michigan	81	23,451	$2,410	$2,364–$2,467
Georgia	92	21,579	$2,422	$2,298–$2,481
North Carolina	78	21,007	$2,426	$2,380–$2,450
Texas	233	58,602	$2,445	$2,375–$2,511
Nebraska	19	3,391	$2,450	$2,431–$2,480
Florida	166	77,597	$2,457	$2,443–$2,471
Maine	17	2,448	$2,457	$2,370–$2,519
Virginia	69	26,889	$2,459	$2,332–$2,524
Indiana	73	18,659	$2,464	$2,412–$2,485
New Mexico	22	4,083	$2,469	$2,369–$2,549
Utah	31	3,560	$2,478	$2,429–$2,452
Wisconsin	61	10,886	$2,497	$2,447–$2,538
Idaho	12	2,397	$2,548	$2,440–$2,614
Pennsylvania	122	33,705	$2,553	$2,415–$2,601
Illinois	113	39,922	$2,573	$2,522–$2,604
North Dakota	6	2,780	$2,590	$2,532–$2,653
Montana	10	3,213	$2,595	$2,543–$2,721
Colorado	48	13,460	$2,608	$2,586–$2,606
Minnesota	45	11,221	$2,627	$2,574–$2,716
New Hampshire	13	5,226	$2,637	$2,593–$2,699
South Dakota	11	2,485	$2,638	$2,559–$2,731
Arizona	54	22,819	$2,686	$2,639–$2,669
Delaware	6	4,912	$2,718	$2,698–$2,727
Wyoming	9	1,733	$2,722	$2,695–$2,745
Rhode Island	9	2,010	$2,752	$2,748–$2,778
District of Columbia	6	1,453	$2,758	$2,739–$2,795
Washington	45	8,931	$2,802	$2,728–$2,893
New Jersey	59	36,741	$2,897	$2,835–$3,029
Nevada	21	7,349	$2,900	$2,857–$2,915
Oregon	32	5,804	$2,901	$2,821–$2,873
Massachusetts	51	32,481	$2,920	$2,905–$2,928
Alaska	6	1,743	$2,936	$2,857–$2,998
New York	115	38,093	$2,983	$2,877–$3,083
Connecticut	26	15,665	$3,045	$3,022–$3,054
Hawaii	12	1,584	$3,127	$3,076–$3,276
California	242	75,162	$3,471	$3,347–$3,602

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.