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Echo guide for amniocentesis 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

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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.

$627.00

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.

$51.79 with CIGNA vs $532.95 with MULTIPLAN - PHCS — 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
CIGNA HMO $51.79
CIGNA PPO $51.79
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.26
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $119.44
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $129.16
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $134.81
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $339.21
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $339.21
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $438.90
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $438.90
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $438.90
QUALCARE HMO $484.67
QUALCARE PPO $484.67
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $484.67
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $501.60
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $501.60
AETNA ASA $526.68
AETNA HMO $526.68
AETNA PPO $526.68
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $532.95
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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