Excision of skull/sutures 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

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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.

$8,000.00

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.

$1,288.00 with AETNA vs $10,692.00 with AETNA — 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 $1,288.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,375.20
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,440.00
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,648.00
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,720.00
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,967.00
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,096.00
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,158.10
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,600.00
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $5,600.00
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $5,600.00
HORIZON OMNIA $5,886.40
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,000.00
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $6,400.00
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $6,400.00
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,800.00
HORIZON SHP $7,017.60
CIGNA PPO $7,239.20
CIGNA HMO $7,239.20
HORIZON HMO $7,263.20
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,359.20
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,408.00
QUALCARE HMO $7,408.00
QUALCARE PPO $7,408.00
HORIZON PPO $7,434.40
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,568.00
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,568.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $8,173.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,471.00
HORIZON PIP $8,615.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,562.00
AETNA ASA $10,692.00
AETNA HMO $10,692.00
AETNA PPO $10,692.00
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
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
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Excision of skull/sutures at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $1,239.42 – $1,239.42
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $1,643.15 – $1,643.15
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $1,682.75 – $1,682.75
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $1,623.35 – $1,623.35
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $1,275.88 – $2,979.45
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $1,603.96 – $1,781.73
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $3,246.71 – $3,246.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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