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Impedence cardiogram 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

$128.90

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.

$162.00

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.

$29.16 with CLOVER vs $188.00 with HORIZON — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.16 ↓ -77%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $34.83 ↓ -73%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.32 ↓ -73%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.14 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $54.98 ↓ -57%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $56.64 ↓ -56%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $81.00 ↓ -37%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $97.20 ↓ -25%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $98.66 ↓ -23%
HORIZON PIP $98.66 ↓ -23%
HORIZON PPO $98.66 ↓ -23%
HORIZON OMNIA $98.66 ↓ -23%
HORIZON SHP $98.66 ↓ -23%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -19%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $105.30 ↓ -18%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $113.40 ↓ -12%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $113.40 ↓ -12%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $113.40 ↓ -12%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↓ -6%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.90 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $128.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $128.90 ↑ +0%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $129.60 ↑ +1%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $129.60 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.35 ↑ +5%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $137.70 ↑ +7%
AETNA PPO $145.27 ↑ +13%
AETNA ASA $145.27 ↑ +13%
AETNA HMO $145.27 ↑ +13%
QUALCARE HMO $150.01 ↑ +16%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $150.01 ↑ +16%
QUALCARE PPO $150.01 ↑ +16%
CIGNA PPO $155.94 ↑ +21%
CIGNA HMO $155.94 ↑ +21%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $160.22 ↑ +24%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $160.22 ↑ +24%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↑ +40%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +46%

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