Assay of tyrosine 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

$11.69

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.

$84.00

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.

$5.00 with United Healthcare vs $76.24 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
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $5.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $5.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5.85 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $5.85 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $8.93 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $9.10 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $10.63 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $10.63 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $10.63 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $10.63 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $10.63 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $10.63 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $10.63 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.84 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $11.22 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $12.76 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $12.76 ↑ +9%
Emblem Health Commercial $20.20 ↑ +73%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $21.15 ↑ +81%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $22.91 ↑ +96%
Aetna Better Health $25.37 ↑ +117%
Amerihealth Local Value $31.32 ↑ +168%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $31.32 ↑ +168%
Cigna Local Plus $42.74 ↑ +266%
Cigna PPO $42.74 ↑ +266%
Cigna HMO $42.74 ↑ +266%
First Health Commercial $50.40 ↑ +331%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $59.38 ↑ +408%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $59.38 ↑ +408%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $70.40 ↑ +502%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $76.24 ↑ +552%

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Assay of tyrosine at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $11.69 $5.00 – $49.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $11.69 $5.00 – $42.74
Community Medical Center Toms River $11.69 $5.00 – $42.74
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $11.69 $5.00 – $42.74
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $11.69 $5.00 – $42.74
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $11.69 $5.00 – $42.74
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $10.63 $10.63 – $48.71
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $10.63 $8.50 – $47.73

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