Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$5.99

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.

$101.00

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.

$3.30 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $95.55 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 $3.30 ↓ -45%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.99 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.99 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.29 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.97 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13.06 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13.06 ↑ +118%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $16.26 ↑ +171%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $19.24 ↑ +221%
CIGNA HMO $28.19 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $28.19 ↑ +371%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $70.70 ↑ +1080%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $70.70 ↑ +1080%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $70.70 ↑ +1080%
HORIZON PIP $73.83 ↑ +1133%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $73.83 ↑ +1133%
HORIZON OMNIA $74.32 ↑ +1141%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $75.75 ↑ +1165%
QUALCARE HMO $78.07 ↑ +1203%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $78.07 ↑ +1203%
QUALCARE PPO $78.07 ↑ +1203%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $80.80 ↑ +1249%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $80.80 ↑ +1249%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $80.80 ↑ +1249%
AETNA ASA $84.84 ↑ +1316%
AETNA HMO $84.84 ↑ +1316%
AETNA PPO $84.84 ↑ +1316%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $85.85 ↑ +1333%
HORIZON SHP $88.60 ↑ +1379%
HORIZON HMO $91.70 ↑ +1431%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $92.91 ↑ +1451%
HORIZON PPO $93.86 ↑ +1467%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $95.55 ↑ +1495%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $95.55 ↑ +1495%

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