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Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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

$57.04

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.

$1,032.00

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.

$44.77 with HORIZON vs $268.44 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 $44.77 ↓ -22%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $50.19 ↓ -12%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $57.04 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $57.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $57.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $57.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.89 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.89 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.86 ↑ +33%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $164.50 ↑ +188%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $164.50 ↑ +188%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $164.50 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE HMO $181.66 ↑ +218%
QUALCARE PPO $181.66 ↑ +218%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $181.66 ↑ +218%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $188.00 ↑ +230%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +230%
AETNA ASA $197.40 ↑ +246%
AETNA HMO $197.40 ↑ +246%
AETNA PPO $197.40 ↑ +246%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $199.75 ↑ +250%
CIGNA HMO $268.44 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $268.44 ↑ +371%

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