
The highest priced medicine does not yield the best result according to published data released by the US Government. The NY Times has analyzed data and found that the NJ Bayonne Medical Center was the highest priced hospital in the nation.
"Until a recent ruling by the Internal Revenue Service, for instance, a hospital could use the higher prices when calculating the amount of charity care it was providing, said Gerard Anderson, director of the Center for Hospital Finance and Management at Johns Hopkins. “There is a method to the madness, though it is still madness,” Mr. Anderson said."