176 Palisade Ave, Jersey City, NJ, 07306 · (201) 795-8200
Beds
163
FY 2024
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$79.1M
FY 2024
Net income
-$65.5M
Patient care margin -107.5%
Discharges
3,709
Occupancy 40.3%
Clinicians
100
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79.1M | $164.2M | -107.5% | -$65.5M | 3,709 | $9.1M | 14.0% | 5.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.8% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 14% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2023 | $124.6M | $183.3M | -47.1% | -$30.2M | 5,294 | $12.9M | 16.6% | 2.8% |
| 2022 | $117.8M | $178.8M | -51.8% | -$23.3M | 5,097 | $11.0M | 17.8% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | $128.7M | $182.5M | -41.7% | -$3.5M | 5,617 | $12.7M | 16.7% | 0.8% |
| 2020 | $150.1M | $195.7M | -30.3% | -$11.1M | 5,434 | $12.4M | 21.2% | 4.1% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.6% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.2% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.8% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.24 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 1.38 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 2.12 | US median 0.48 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 74% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 59% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 70% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 60% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 159 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 12% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 89% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 84% | US median 79% |
| 22 |
| $259,823.95 |
| $12,104.91 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 19 | $225,989.95 | $14,002.42 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $236,177.78 | $8,774.89 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 897 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $151,545.67 | $9,901.08 | $7,306.07 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $257,181.08 | $10,012.00 | $6,446.25 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 157 | 134 | $2,382.47 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 23 | 17 | $3,157.82 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 21 | 21 | $1,753.95 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 14 | 14 | $5,218.30 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5182 Level 2 Vascular Procedures | - | - | - | $1,204.32 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $8,164.45 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $502.15 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | - | - | - | $3,917.51 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Heights University Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Jersey City, NJ with 163 beds, part of Carepoint Health and a 2-star overall rating.
Heights University Hospital in Jersey City, NJ has 163 beds (fiscal year 2024 cost report); 401 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,709 inpatients that year, with 40.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2024 (ending 2024-12-31), Heights University Hospital reported net patient revenue of $79.1M and operating expenses of $164.2M, a margin on patient care of -107.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$65.5M (-66.5% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Heights University Hospital is part of Carepoint Health, a health system with 3 hospitals based in Hoboken, NJ. It is a for-profit hospital.
Heights University Hospital has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
No, Heights University Hospital does not list emergency services.
100 Medicare clinicians list Heights University Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency Medicine.
In 2024, Heights University Hospital had 157 Medicare inpatient stays in 7 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 51 stays; Medicare paid $18,943.63 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $461K in payments to Heights University Hospital as a teaching hospital ($461K general and - for research) from 4 companies.