New Jersey has 92 open hospitals across 73 cities. By type: 66 acute care hospitals, 14 psychiatric hospitals, 2 children's hospitals, 1 rehabilitation hospital, 1 VA acute care hospital and 1 long-term care hospital (type not recorded for 7).
New Jersey's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 3 hr 18 min
- Top rated
- Capital Health System-Fuld Campus (2★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 16 min
- Top rated
- Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center (2★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 59 min
- Top rated
- Jersey City Medical Center (3★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 1 min
- Top rated
- VA New Jersey Health Care System (2★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 18 min
- Top rated
- Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County (3★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 26 min
- Top rated
- Saint Peter's University Hospital (3★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood
- Warren HospitalPhillipsburg
- Overlook HospitalSummit
- Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck
- Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack
- Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains
- Morristown Medical CenterMorristown
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayRahway 2 hr 1 min
- Saint Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston 2 hr 8 min
- Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusLakewood 2 hr 16 min
- Virtua West Jersey HospitalVoorhees 2 hr 23 min
- Virtua West Jersey Hospitals BerlinBerlin 2 hr 23 min
- Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch 2 hr 25 min
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalWestwood 2 hr 26 min
- Ocean Medical CenterBrick 2 hr 27 min
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All New Jersey cities with hospitals
All 73 New Jersey cities A–Z
- Atlantic City (1)
- Bayonne (1)
- Belleville (1)
- Berkeley Heights (1)
- Berlin (1)
- Blackwood (1)
- Brick (1)
- Bridgeton (1)
- Browns Mills (1)
- Camden (3)
- Cape May Court House (1)
- Cedar Grove (1)
- Cherry Hill (1)
- Denville (1)
- East Orange (2)
- Edison (1)
- Elizabeth (1)
- Elmer (1)
- Englewood (1)
- Flemington (1)
- Florham Park (1)
- Freehold (1)
- Glen Ridge (1)
- Hackensack (1)
- Hackettstown (1)
- Hamilton (1)
- Hammonton (1)
- Hoboken (1)
- Holmdel (1)
- Jersey City (3)
- Lakehurst (1)
- Lakewood (1)
- Livingston (1)
- Long Branch (1)
- Manahawkin (1)
- Marlton (2)
- Montgomery (1)
- Morris Plains (1)
- Morristown (1)
- Mountainside (1)
- Mt Holly (2)
- Neptune City (1)
- New Brunswick (2)
- Newark (5)
- Newton (1)
- North Bergen (1)
- Paramus (1)
- Passaic (2)
- Paterson (1)
- Peapack (1)
- Pemberton (1)
- Perth Amboy (1)
- Phillipsburg (1)
- Piscataway (1)
- Pompton Plains (1)
- Princeton (1)
- Secaucus (2)
- Somers Point (1)
- Somerville (1)
- Stratford (1)
- Summit (2)
- Teaneck (1)
- Toms River (2)
- Trenton (4)
- Westwood (1)
- Willingboro (1)
- Woodbridge (1)
- Wyckoff (1)
Largest hospitals in New Jersey
Ranked by beds reported on each hospital's latest Medicare cost report. Largest doesn't mean best, and campuses filing one report are counted together.
- Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack 769 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Morristown Medical CenterMorristown 713 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- St Joseph's Regional Medical CenterPaterson 643 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick 625 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune City 598 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
Health insurance in New Jersey
New Jersey runs its own exchange, Get Covered NJ.
People and health care in New Jersey
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in New Jersey
Healthcare jobs and pay in New Jersey
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in New Jersey, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in New Jersey
How many hospitals are in New Jersey?
There are 92 open hospitals in New Jersey across 73 cities. 68 of them have an emergency department.
Which New Jersey city has the most hospitals?
Newark, with 5 hospitals. Trenton is next with 4.
How long is the ER wait in New Jersey?
The median emergency room visit in New Jersey lasts 3 hr 8 min, 39 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 29 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many New Jersey hospitals have 5 stars?
7 of the 66 New Jersey hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 24 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.1 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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