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Muscle test larynx 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.

$191.00

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.

$34.38 with CLOVER vs $2,793.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $34.38 ↓ -73%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $41.07 ↓ -68%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.64 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $64.83 ↓ -50%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $66.77 ↓ -48%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $95.50 ↓ -26%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.00 ↓ -19%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $114.60 ↓ -11%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $116.32 ↓ -10%
HORIZON PIP $116.32 ↓ -10%
HORIZON PPO $116.32 ↓ -10%
HORIZON OMNIA $116.32 ↓ -10%
HORIZON SHP $116.32 ↓ -10%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $124.15 ↓ -4%
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%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $133.70 ↑ +4%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $133.70 ↑ +4%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $133.70 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.35 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $143.25 ↑ +11%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $152.80 ↑ +19%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $152.80 ↑ +19%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $162.35 ↑ +26%
AETNA PPO $171.27 ↑ +33%
AETNA ASA $171.27 ↑ +33%
AETNA HMO $171.27 ↑ +33%
QUALCARE HMO $176.87 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $176.87 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE PPO $176.87 ↑ +37%
HORIZON HMO $181.00 ↑ +40%
CIGNA PPO $183.86 ↑ +43%
CIGNA HMO $183.86 ↑ +43%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $188.00 ↑ +46%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $188.90 ↑ +47%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $188.90 ↑ +47%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $261.69 ↑ +103%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,124.00 ↑ +772%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,080.00 ↑ +1514%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,793.00 ↑ +2067%

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