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.

$4,577.00

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.

$736.90 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 $736.90
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $786.79
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $823.86
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $942.86
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $984.06
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,140.00
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,199.17
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $3,203.90
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $3,203.90
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,203.90
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,216.16
HORIZON OMNIA $3,367.76
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,432.75
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $3,661.60
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $3,661.60
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,890.45
HORIZON SHP $4,014.94
CIGNA PPO $4,141.73
CIGNA HMO $4,141.73
HORIZON HMO $4,155.46
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,210.38
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,238.30
QUALCARE HMO $4,238.30
QUALCARE PPO $4,238.30
HORIZON PPO $4,253.41
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,329.84
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,329.84
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 $771.78 – $771.78
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $946.20 – $946.20
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $969.00 – $969.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $934.80 – $934.80
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $794.48 – $1,715.70
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $998.78 – $1,026.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $1,869.60 – $1,869.60
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published

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