Release of skull seams 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

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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.

$3,688.00

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.

$593.77 with AETNA vs $10,692.00 with AETNA — 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $593.77
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $633.97
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $663.84
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $759.73
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $792.92
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $856.00
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $966.26
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $2,581.60
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $2,581.60
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,581.60
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,607.87
HORIZON OMNIA $2,713.63
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,766.00
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $2,950.40
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $2,950.40
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,134.80
HORIZON SHP $3,235.11
CIGNA PPO $3,337.27
CIGNA HMO $3,337.27
HORIZON HMO $3,348.34
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,392.59
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,415.09
QUALCARE HMO $3,415.09
QUALCARE PPO $3,415.09
HORIZON PPO $3,427.26
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,488.85
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,488.85
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $8,173.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,471.00
HORIZON PIP $8,615.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,163.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,562.00
AETNA ASA $10,692.00
AETNA HMO $10,692.00
AETNA PPO $10,692.00
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Release of skull seams at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $624.66 – $624.66
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $710.48 – $710.48
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $727.60 – $727.60
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $701.92 – $701.92
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $643.03 – $1,288.28
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $770.40 – $808.38
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $1,403.84 – $1,403.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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