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Hepatitis b surface ag quan 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

$25.32

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.

$758.00

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.

$25.32 with AETNA vs $729.65 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
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.32 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $25.32 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.32 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.32 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $25.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $25.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $25.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.32 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.59 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.59 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $144.40 ↑ +470%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $530.60 ↑ +1996%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $530.60 ↑ +1996%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $530.60 ↑ +1996%
QUALCARE HMO $585.93 ↑ +2214%
QUALCARE PPO $585.93 ↑ +2214%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $585.93 ↑ +2214%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $606.40 ↑ +2295%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $606.40 ↑ +2295%
AETNA ASA $636.72 ↑ +2415%
AETNA HMO $636.72 ↑ +2415%
AETNA PPO $636.72 ↑ +2415%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $644.30 ↑ +2445%
CIGNA HMO $729.65 ↑ +2782%
CIGNA PPO $729.65 ↑ +2782%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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