Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$29.35

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.

$415.00

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.

$17.39 with AETNA vs $138.13 with CIGNA — 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 $17.39 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $20.57 ↓ -30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $25.83 ↓ -12%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.35 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $29.35 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $29.35 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.35 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.35 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.35 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.35 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $29.35 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.35 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $29.35 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.82 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.04 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $63.98 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $63.98 ↑ +118%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $75.60 ↑ +158%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $75.60 ↑ +158%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $75.60 ↑ +158%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $78.95 ↑ +169%
HORIZON PIP $78.95 ↑ +169%
HORIZON OMNIA $79.47 ↑ +171%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $81.00 ↑ +176%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $83.48 ↑ +184%
QUALCARE PPO $83.48 ↑ +184%
QUALCARE HMO $83.48 ↑ +184%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $86.40 ↑ +194%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $86.40 ↑ +194%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $86.40 ↑ +194%
AETNA ASA $90.72 ↑ +209%
AETNA PPO $90.72 ↑ +209%
AETNA HMO $90.72 ↑ +209%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $91.80 ↑ +213%
HORIZON SHP $94.74 ↑ +223%
HORIZON HMO $98.05 ↑ +234%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $99.35 ↑ +239%
HORIZON PPO $100.36 ↑ +242%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $102.17 ↑ +248%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $102.17 ↑ +248%
CIGNA HMO $138.13 ↑ +371%
CIGNA PPO $138.13 ↑ +371%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $32.29 $13.79 – $136.04
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $32.29 $13.79 – $120.18
Community Medical Center Toms River $32.29 $13.79 – $120.18
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $32.29 $13.79 – $120.18
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $32.29 $13.79 – $120.18
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $32.29 $13.79 – $120.18

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