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Electrocorticography durng sx 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.

$972.00

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.

$104.00 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $3,187.67 with KARNA — 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 BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.96
HORIZON HMO $181.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.23
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $208.98
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $211.90
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $329.90
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $339.81
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $486.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $583.20
HORIZON INDEMNITY $591.95
HORIZON PIP $591.95
HORIZON PPO $591.95
HORIZON OMNIA $591.95
HORIZON SHP $591.95
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $631.80
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $680.40
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $680.40
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $680.40
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $729.00
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $777.60
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $777.60
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $826.20
AETNA PPO $871.59
AETNA ASA $871.59
AETNA HMO $871.59
QUALCARE HMO $900.07
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $900.07
QUALCARE PPO $900.07
CIGNA PPO $935.65
CIGNA HMO $935.65
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $961.31
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $961.31
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,124.00
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,187.67
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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