Bundle his recording 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

$2,042.88

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.

$9,831.00

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.

$159.72 with Wellpoint vs $17,783.04 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $159.72 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $200.00 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,711.38 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,763.49 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $2,969.94 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↑ +97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $4,408.22 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↑ +121%
Cigna Local Plus $5,229.10 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $5,231.07 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $5,327.41 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $5,542.71 ↑ +171%
First Health Commercial $5,898.60 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,982.16 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $5,982.16 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $6,643.78 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $6,950.51 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $6,950.51 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $6,997.70 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $8,240.34 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $8,923.59 ↑ +337%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $8,936.20 ↑ +337%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $8,936.20 ↑ +337%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $8,936.20 ↑ +337%
Aetna Medicare $8,936.20 ↑ +337%
Humana Medicare $8,936.20 ↑ +337%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8,936.20 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Medicare $9,114.92 ↑ +346%
Aetna HMO $9,184.00 ↑ +350%
Aetna PPO $9,184.00 ↑ +350%
Emblem Health Commercial $16,978.78 ↑ +731%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $17,783.04 ↑ +770%

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Bundle his recording at other New-jersey hospitals

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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,083.18 $184.44 – $17,026.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,955.38 $182.22 – $16,941.35
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,047.79 $127.05 – $17,026.48
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $8,936.20 $737.82 – $9,383.01
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $8,292.88 $104.00 – $9,951.46
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $8,406.25 $104.00 – $8,406.25
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $8,398.96 $722.56 – $10,078.76

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