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Brachytx isodose complex 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

$366.07

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.

$4,224.00

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.

$293.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $4,177.54 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $293.00 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.07 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $366.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $366.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.37 ↑ +5%
HORIZON HMO $509.00 ↑ +39%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $526.00 ↑ +44%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $760.32 ↑ +108%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $886.41 ↑ +142%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $908.16 ↑ +148%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $920.83 ↑ +152%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,433.63 ↑ +292%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,476.71 ↑ +303%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,112.00 ↑ +477%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,534.40 ↑ +592%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,572.42 ↑ +603%
HORIZON PIP $2,572.42 ↑ +603%
HORIZON PPO $2,572.42 ↑ +603%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,572.42 ↑ +603%
HORIZON SHP $2,572.42 ↑ +603%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $2,745.60 ↑ +650%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,956.80 ↑ +708%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,956.80 ↑ +708%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,956.80 ↑ +708%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,168.00 ↑ +765%
QUALCARE HMO $3,265.15 ↑ +792%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,265.15 ↑ +792%
QUALCARE PPO $3,265.15 ↑ +792%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,379.20 ↑ +823%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,379.20 ↑ +823%
AETNA PPO $3,548.16 ↑ +869%
AETNA ASA $3,548.16 ↑ +869%
AETNA HMO $3,548.16 ↑ +869%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,590.40 ↑ +881%
CIGNA PPO $4,066.02 ↑ +1011%
CIGNA HMO $4,066.02 ↑ +1011%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,177.54 ↑ +1041%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,177.54 ↑ +1041%

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