Bx breast add lesion mr imag 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

$5,339.00

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.

$4,424.00

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.

$395.31 with Wellpoint vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $395.31 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,220.13 ↓ -77%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,243.58 ↓ -77%
Aetna Better Health $1,336.49 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,830.65 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,983.72 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,099.18 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,354.01 ↓ -56%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,397.36 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,494.25 ↓ -53%
First Health Commercial $2,654.40 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -46%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,127.76 ↓ -41%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,127.76 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,708.19 ↓ -31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,015.66 ↓ -25%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%

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Bx breast add lesion mr imag at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $305.47 – $1,673.82
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $314.45 – $314.45
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $105.50 – $105.50
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $323.44 – $323.44
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $183.88 – $183.88
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $178.96 – $178.96
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $183.88 – $183.88

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