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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$13.39

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.

$260.00

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.

$6.29 with HORIZON vs $63.02 with CIGNA — 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 $6.29 ↓ -53%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.39 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.39 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.39 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.39 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.39 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.39 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.39 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.06 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.06 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.50 ↑ +23%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.81 ↑ +33%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $23.10 ↑ +73%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $23.10 ↑ +73%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $23.10 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE HMO $25.51 ↑ +91%
QUALCARE PPO $25.51 ↑ +91%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $25.51 ↑ +91%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $26.40 ↑ +97%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $26.40 ↑ +97%
AETNA ASA $27.72 ↑ +107%
AETNA HMO $27.72 ↑ +107%
AETNA PPO $27.72 ↑ +107%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $28.05 ↑ +109%
CIGNA HMO $63.02 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $63.02 ↑ +371%

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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $102.00 $36.98 – $36.98
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.39 $13.39 – $28.35
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13.39 $8.28 – $33.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $13.39 $4.69 – $61.36

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