Hidden price-gouging is a real problem here. CarePoint Health, the company that operates this facility and a couple others nearby in Jersey City and Bayonne, ha

Hidden price-gouging is a real problem here. CarePoint Health, the company that operates this facility and a couple others nearby in Jersey City and Bayonne, has a reputation of consistently exorbitant ER bills, in addition to only accepting a limited set of insurance providers. On the other hand, Hoboken University Medical Center would have closed a decade ago if not purchased by CarePoint at the time. Prior to that acquisition, it was a non-profit community hospital for over 140 years -- it's the oldest hospital in the state, but it eventually hit severe financial difficulties. Today it has a good reputation in some areas, especially obstetrics. But as someone who lives a few blocks away, the poor reputation of its ER's billing practices is definitely worrisome. Disclosure: I worked at the same company as Jess Pell and vaguely recall hearing about this overbilling situation a while back, but that's far from the only time I've heard about this particular ER overbilling someone.