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Stenger test speech 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 14, 2026

$530.60

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.

$1,320.00

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.

$40.03 with KARNA vs $1,305.48 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.03 ↓ -92%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.00 ↓ -78%
HORIZON HMO $204.00 ↓ -62%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $208.00 ↓ -61%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $237.60 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $283.80 ↓ -47%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.76 ↓ -46%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $448.01 ↓ -16%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $461.47 ↓ -13%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $499.00 ↓ -6%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $530.60 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $530.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $530.60 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $530.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $530.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $557.13 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $627.00 ↑ +18%
CIGNA - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $660.00 ↑ +24%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $792.00 ↑ +49%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $803.88 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PIP $803.88 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PPO $803.88 ↑ +52%
HORIZON OMNIA $803.88 ↑ +52%
HORIZON SHP $803.88 ↑ +52%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN - JRI@OUMC ALL PRODUCTS $858.00 ↑ +62%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $924.00 ↑ +74%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $924.00 ↑ +74%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $924.00 ↑ +74%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $990.00 ↑ +87%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $1,056.00 ↑ +99%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $1,056.00 ↑ +99%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,122.00 ↑ +111%
AETNA PPO $1,183.64 ↑ +123%
AETNA ASA $1,183.64 ↑ +123%
AETNA HMO $1,183.64 ↑ +123%
QUALCARE HMO $1,222.32 ↑ +130%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,222.32 ↑ +130%
QUALCARE PPO $1,222.32 ↑ +130%
CIGNA PPO $1,270.63 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HMO $1,270.63 ↑ +139%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,305.48 ↑ +146%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,305.48 ↑ +146%

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