Chylomicron screen, bf - 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 28, 2026

$61.50

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.

$297.00

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.

$12.08 with AETNA vs $289.43 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $12.08 ↓ -80%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $14.29 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.96 ↓ -76%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $52.50 ↓ -15%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $52.50 ↓ -15%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $52.50 ↓ -15%
HORIZON PIP $54.83 ↓ -11%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $54.83 ↓ -11%
HORIZON OMNIA $55.19 ↓ -10%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $56.25 ↓ -9%
QUALCARE PPO $57.98 ↓ -6%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $57.98 ↓ -6%
QUALCARE HMO $57.98 ↓ -6%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $60.00 ↓ -2%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $60.00 ↓ -2%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $60.00 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.50 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $61.50 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.50 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.50 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $61.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $61.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $61.50 ↑ +0%
AETNA PPO $63.00 ↑ +2%
AETNA HMO $63.00 ↑ +2%
AETNA ASA $63.00 ↑ +2%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.58 ↑ +5%
HORIZON SHP $65.79 ↑ +7%
HORIZON HMO $68.09 ↑ +11%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $68.99 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PPO $69.70 ↑ +13%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $70.95 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $70.95 ↑ +15%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $81.80 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $134.07 ↑ +118%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $134.07 ↑ +118%
CIGNA PPO $289.43 ↑ +371%
CIGNA HMO $289.43 ↑ +371%

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Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $67.65 $13.87 – $251.03
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $67.65 $24.60 – $251.03
Community Medical Center Toms River $67.65 $24.60 – $251.03
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $67.65 $24.60 – $251.03
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $67.65 $24.60 – $251.03
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $67.65 $17.95 – $251.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $67.65 $24.60 – $251.03
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $61.50 $61.50 – $281.81

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