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Actinotherapy uv light at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI)

65 James Street, Edison, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1275107344

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 14, 2026

$39.25

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$316.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$39.25 with HORIZON vs $4,567.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.25 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $39.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $39.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.21 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.50 ↑ +16%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $56.88 ↑ +45%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $67.94 ↑ +73%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.89 ↑ +76%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↑ +165%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $107.25 ↑ +173%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $110.47 ↑ +181%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $158.00 ↑ +303%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↑ +361%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +379%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $189.60 ↑ +383%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $192.44 ↑ +390%
HORIZON PIP $192.44 ↑ +390%
HORIZON PPO $192.44 ↑ +390%
HORIZON OMNIA $192.44 ↑ +390%
HORIZON SHP $192.44 ↑ +390%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $205.40 ↑ +423%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $221.20 ↑ +464%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $221.20 ↑ +464%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $221.20 ↑ +464%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $237.00 ↑ +504%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $252.80 ↑ +544%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $252.80 ↑ +544%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $268.60 ↑ +584%
AETNA PPO $283.36 ↑ +622%
AETNA ASA $283.36 ↑ +622%
AETNA HMO $283.36 ↑ +622%
QUALCARE HMO $292.62 ↑ +646%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $292.62 ↑ +646%
QUALCARE PPO $292.62 ↑ +646%
CIGNA PPO $304.18 ↑ +675%
CIGNA HMO $304.18 ↑ +675%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $312.52 ↑ +696%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $312.52 ↑ +696%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,128.00 ↑ +7869%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,567.00 ↑ +11536%

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