THE VALLEY HOSPITAL
4 VALLEY HEALTH PLAZA · PARAMUS, NJ · 07652 · Acute Care Hospitals
vs. the regional median (the other ~300 NY/NJ/CT hospitals publishing the same code). How is this computed?
High-confidence score: 10% trimmed mean across 11 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Based on 11 of 57 high-confidence target procedures. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 9,463 codes) puts the score at 2.38x.
THE VALLEY HOSPITAL bills well above peers — about 2.31x the regional median overall. Within departments, Cardiac prices are notably high (3.66x, 82 codes); Inpatient is comparatively affordable (0.73x). The wide price spread (C grade) means individual bills are hard to predict — a procedure priced near the median in one department may be 5x in another.
A nearby hospital 4.62 mi away is ~96% cheaper overall.
SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY has an overall price level of 0.10x vs. this hospital's 2.31x, with 803 procedures in common.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 2.8x) with 38% of codes above 3x the regional medianHow A/B/C is determined: A = narrow price spread (IQR < 2.0×) with <5% of codes priced more than 3× the regional median. B = moderate (IQR 2.0–3.0× OR 5–20% above 3×). C = wider than that.
Cost by department
Each ratio compares this hospital's prices in that department to the median across NY/NJ/CT hospitals for the same department.
| Department | Ratio | Codes | % above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 3.07x | 5,994 | 99% |
| Inpatient | 0.73x | 2,056 | 3% |
| Other | 0.99x | 1,315 | 47% |
| Cardiac | 3.66x | 82 | 89% |
| Lab | 6.14x | 10 | 100% |
| Emergency/Eval | 1.37x | 5 | 100% |
Hospital info
- Type: Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
- Beds: 385
- Annual discharges: 22,793
- CMS overall quality star rating: 3/5
Methodology & sources
Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: 10% trimmed mean across 11 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Validated against RAND Hospital Price Transparency Study v5.1 employer claims data at Spearman ρ = 0.73 (n = 105 hospitals).
Download the original transparency file from THE VALLEY HOSPITAL.