Stitches, small wound cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 53 hospitals publish a cash price for simple repair of a superficial wound 2.5 cm or less, scalp, neck, body or limbs: from $61.60 to $6,839.00, with a median of $420.40. The lowest price is at Virtua Memorial Hospital (Mount Holly) and 4 other hospitals. The highest price is 111.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $420.40, is 37% above the US median of $307.12.
• That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
• New Jersey ranks 41st of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
• 11 of 53 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 12001. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map