Mayo rbcme osmotic fragility rbc incubated 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

$13.36

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.

$174.00

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.

$5.28 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $164.60 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.28 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.36 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.36 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.36 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.36 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.36 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.36 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.36 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.36 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.36 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.36 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.03 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.77 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $28.01 ↑ +110%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $29.12 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29.12 ↑ +118%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $33.15 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $62.88 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $62.88 ↑ +371%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $121.80 ↑ +812%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $121.80 ↑ +812%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $121.80 ↑ +812%
HORIZON PIP $127.19 ↑ +852%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $127.19 ↑ +852%
HORIZON OMNIA $128.03 ↑ +858%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $130.50 ↑ +877%
QUALCARE HMO $134.50 ↑ +907%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $134.50 ↑ +907%
QUALCARE PPO $134.50 ↑ +907%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $139.20 ↑ +942%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $139.20 ↑ +942%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $139.20 ↑ +942%
AETNA ASA $146.16 ↑ +994%
AETNA PPO $146.16 ↑ +994%
AETNA HMO $146.16 ↑ +994%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $147.90 ↑ +1007%
HORIZON SHP $152.63 ↑ +1042%
HORIZON HMO $157.97 ↑ +1082%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $160.06 ↑ +1098%
HORIZON PPO $161.70 ↑ +1110%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $164.60 ↑ +1132%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $164.60 ↑ +1132%

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Mayo rbcme osmotic fragility rbc incubated at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $14.70 $4.90 – $63.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $14.70 $6.28 – $54.74
Community Medical Center Toms River $14.70 $6.28 – $54.74
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $14.70 $6.28 – $54.74
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $14.70 $6.28 – $54.74
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $14.70 $6.28 – $54.74
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $14.70 $6.28 – $54.74
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.36 $13.36 – $61.22

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