Removal of external ear at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI)
65 James Street, Edison, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1275107344
$6,553.49
Cash price 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.
$9,140.00
Gross charge 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.
$359.72 with HORIZON vs $11,287.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $359.72 | ↓ -95% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $850.89 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,471.54 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,571.17 | ↓ -76% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,645.20 | ↓ -75% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,965.10 | ↓ -70% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,915.66 | ↓ -10% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5,915.66 | ↓ -10% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5,915.66 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5,915.66 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5,915.66 | ↓ -10% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5,915.66 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,211.44 | ↓ -5% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $6,398.00 | ↓ -2% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $6,398.00 | ↓ -2% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,398.00 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,553.49 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,725.21 | ↑ +3% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,855.00 | ↑ +5% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $7,312.00 | ↑ +12% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $7,312.00 | ↑ +12% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,769.00 | ↑ +19% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $8,017.61 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $8,173.00 | ↑ +25% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $8,270.79 | ↑ +26% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $8,270.79 | ↑ +26% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8,298.21 | ↑ +27% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8,407.89 | ↑ +28% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $8,463.64 | ↑ +29% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $8,463.64 | ↑ +29% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $8,463.64 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,493.80 | ↑ +30% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $8,615.00 | ↑ +31% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,646.44 | ↑ +32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8,646.44 | ↑ +32% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,050.00 | ↑ +38% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,163.00 | ↑ +55% |
| AETNA | PPO | $10,692.00 | ↑ +63% |
| AETNA | HMO | $10,692.00 | ↑ +63% |
| AETNA | ASA | $10,692.00 | ↑ +63% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $11,287.00 | ↑ +72% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Removal of external ear at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $200.93 – $12,930.22 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $298.57 – $13,273.80 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $305.76 – $12,865.57 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $294.97 – $13,207.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $206.84 – $13,273.80 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $260.03 – $13,863.61 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $589.94 – $13,030.14 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $6,547.81 | $6,547.81 – $7,857.37 |