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Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$59.40

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.

$142.00

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.

$25.56 with CLOVER vs $2,793.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.56 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $30.53 ↓ -49%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.96 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $48.19 ↓ -19%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $49.64 ↓ -16%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.40 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.40 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.40 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $59.40 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $59.40 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.37 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.84 ↑ +7%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $71.00 ↑ +20%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $85.20 ↑ +43%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $86.48 ↑ +46%
HORIZON PIP $86.48 ↑ +46%
HORIZON PPO $86.48 ↑ +46%
HORIZON OMNIA $86.48 ↑ +46%
HORIZON SHP $86.48 ↑ +46%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $92.30 ↑ +55%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $99.40 ↑ +67%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $99.40 ↑ +67%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $99.40 ↑ +67%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↑ +75%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $106.50 ↑ +79%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $113.60 ↑ +91%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $113.60 ↑ +91%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +103%
AETNA PPO $127.33 ↑ +114%
AETNA ASA $127.33 ↑ +114%
AETNA HMO $127.33 ↑ +114%
QUALCARE HMO $131.49 ↑ +121%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $131.49 ↑ +121%
QUALCARE PPO $131.49 ↑ +121%
CIGNA PPO $136.69 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HMO $136.69 ↑ +130%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $140.44 ↑ +136%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $140.44 ↑ +136%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↑ +205%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +216%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,124.00 ↑ +1792%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,080.00 ↑ +3402%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,793.00 ↑ +4602%

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