Brace wrist classic lft sm 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

$10.44

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.

$50.25

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.

$13.85 with United Healthcare vs $175.24 with Wellcare — 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 Community Plan $13.85 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $14.12 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $15.18 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Nexus $20.10 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Commercial $20.10 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $20.10 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $20.10 ↑ +93%
Amerihealth Local Value $20.10 ↑ +93%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $20.10 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $20.10 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $20.10 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $20.10 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $20.10 ↑ +93%
Cigna Local Plus $20.10 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $20.10 ↑ +93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $20.10 ↑ +93%
Cigna PPO $20.10 ↑ +93%
Cigna HMO $20.10 ↑ +93%
Aetna HMO $22.61 ↑ +117%
Aetna PPO $22.61 ↑ +117%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $25.12 ↑ +141%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $25.12 ↑ +141%
First Health Commercial $30.15 ↑ +189%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $66.17 ↑ +534%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $88.06 ↑ +743%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $88.06 ↑ +743%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $88.06 ↑ +743%
Aetna Medicare $88.06 ↑ +743%
Humana Medicare $88.06 ↑ +743%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $88.06 ↑ +743%
United Healthcare Medicare $89.82 ↑ +760%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $90.23 ↑ +764%
Emblem Health Commercial $167.31 ↑ +1503%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $175.24 ↑ +1579%

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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $13.20 $51.13 – $175.24
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $10.64 $83.22 – $176.12
Community Medical Center Toms River $10.42 $85.22 – $175.24
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $9.99 $82.21 – $175.24
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $10.46 $52.64 – $175.24
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $10.99 $88.06 – $175.24
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $11.53 $51.14 – $175.24
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $11.94 $88.06 – $175.24

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