Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 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 28, 2026

$4,084.48

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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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$6,461.00

Gross charge

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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.

$325.16 with HORIZON vs $10,163.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $325.16 ↓ -92%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $361.68 ↓ -91%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,040.22 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,110.65 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,162.98 ↓ -72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,389.12 ↓ -66%
AETNA ASA $3,662.00 ↓ -10%
AETNA HMO $3,662.00 ↓ -10%
AETNA PPO $3,662.00 ↓ -10%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,686.95 ↓ -10%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,686.95 ↓ -10%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,686.95 ↓ -10%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,686.95 ↓ -10%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,686.95 ↓ -10%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,686.95 ↓ -10%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,871.30 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,084.48 ↑ +0%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,522.70 ↑ +11%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $4,522.70 ↑ +11%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $4,522.70 ↑ +11%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,754.00 ↑ +16%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,845.75 ↑ +19%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $5,168.80 ↑ +27%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $5,168.80 ↑ +27%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,491.85 ↑ +34%
HORIZON SHP $5,667.59 ↑ +39%
CIGNA PPO $5,846.56 ↑ +43%
CIGNA HMO $5,846.56 ↑ +43%
HORIZON HMO $5,865.94 ↑ +44%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,943.47 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE PPO $5,982.89 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE HMO $5,982.89 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,982.89 ↑ +46%
HORIZON PPO $6,004.21 ↑ +47%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,112.11 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,112.11 ↑ +50%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,730.00 ↑ +65%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $8,173.00 ↑ +100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,385.00 ↑ +105%
HORIZON PIP $8,615.00 ↑ +111%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00 ↑ +149%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $191.15 – $8,058.78
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $269.88 – $8,272.92
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $276.39 – $8,018.49
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $266.63 – $8,231.56
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $196.77 – $8,272.92
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $247.37 – $8,640.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $533.26 – $8,121.07
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,080.94 $4,080.94 – $4,897.13

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