Artery x-rays lungs at Jersey City Medical Center

355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,947.70

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.

$9,373.00

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.

$98.08 with Wellpoint vs $8,507.87 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $98.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna PPO $193.69 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO $193.69 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $286.98 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $315.66 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $315.66 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $315.66 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $315.66 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $374.76 ↓ -81%
Cigna Local Plus $374.76 ↓ -81%
Cigna HMO $374.76 ↓ -81%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,196.73 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,585.07 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,634.75 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $2,831.58 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,706.68 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare $3,706.68 ↑ +90%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,706.68 ↑ +90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,706.68 ↑ +90%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,706.68 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medicare $3,706.68 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,780.81 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +125%
First Health Commercial $5,623.80 ↑ +189%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $6,626.71 ↑ +240%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,042.69 ↑ +262%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,376.29 ↑ +279%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $7,856.44 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $8,507.87 ↑ +337%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,759.31 $75.79 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,170.27 $199.36 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,943.96 $182.93 – $6,845.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,158.19 $199.36 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,133.40 $78.02 – $7,062.48
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $2,050.81 $188.29 – $6,932.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $247.33 – $7,747.94
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,706.68 $260.16 – $8,849.68

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