Cold agglutinin screen (arc) 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

$8.07

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.

$180.00

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.

$3.30 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $37.98 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.30 ↓ -59%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6.28 ↓ -22%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7.43 ↓ -8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $8.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.47 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.73 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $17.59 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $17.59 ↑ +118%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $27.30 ↑ +238%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $27.30 ↑ +238%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $27.30 ↑ +238%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $28.51 ↑ +253%
HORIZON PIP $28.51 ↑ +253%
HORIZON OMNIA $28.70 ↑ +256%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $29.25 ↑ +262%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $30.15 ↑ +274%
QUALCARE PPO $30.15 ↑ +274%
QUALCARE HMO $30.15 ↑ +274%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $31.20 ↑ +287%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $31.20 ↑ +287%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $31.20 ↑ +287%
AETNA ASA $32.76 ↑ +306%
AETNA PPO $32.76 ↑ +306%
AETNA HMO $32.76 ↑ +306%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $33.15 ↑ +311%
HORIZON SHP $34.21 ↑ +324%
HORIZON HMO $35.41 ↑ +339%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $35.88 ↑ +345%
HORIZON PPO $36.24 ↑ +349%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $36.89 ↑ +357%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $36.89 ↑ +357%
CIGNA HMO $37.98 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $37.98 ↑ +371%

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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37
Community Medical Center Toms River $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $59.50 $6.46 – $6.65
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $8.88 $3.79 – $33.37

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