Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$4.76

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.

$173.00

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.

$4.29 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $61.49 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 $4.29 ↓ -10%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.76 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.76 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.76 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.76 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.76 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.76 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.76 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.76 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.00 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.33 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.38 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.38 ↑ +118%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $10.47 ↑ +120%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $12.38 ↑ +160%
CIGNA HMO $22.40 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $22.40 ↑ +371%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $45.50 ↑ +856%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $45.50 ↑ +856%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $45.50 ↑ +856%
HORIZON PIP $47.52 ↑ +898%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $47.52 ↑ +898%
HORIZON OMNIA $47.83 ↑ +905%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $48.75 ↑ +924%
QUALCARE HMO $50.25 ↑ +956%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $50.25 ↑ +956%
QUALCARE PPO $50.25 ↑ +956%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $52.00 ↑ +992%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $52.00 ↑ +992%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $52.00 ↑ +992%
AETNA ASA $54.60 ↑ +1047%
AETNA PPO $54.60 ↑ +1047%
AETNA HMO $54.60 ↑ +1047%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $55.25 ↑ +1061%
HORIZON SHP $57.02 ↑ +1098%
HORIZON HMO $59.01 ↑ +1140%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $59.79 ↑ +1156%
HORIZON PPO $60.40 ↑ +1169%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $61.49 ↑ +1192%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $61.49 ↑ +1192%

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