Calcium ionized 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

$15.05

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.

$167.00

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.

$6.43 with United Healthcare vs $151.58 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 $6.43 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $6.43 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $7.52 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.52 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $11.49 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $11.71 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $13.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $13.68 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $13.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $13.68 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $13.68 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $13.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.95 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $14.44 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $16.42 ↑ +9%
Aetna HMO $16.42 ↑ +9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $24.11 ↑ +60%
Emblem Health Commercial $25.99 ↑ +73%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $27.22 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Local Value $41.18 ↑ +174%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $41.18 ↑ +174%
Aetna Better Health $50.45 ↑ +235%
Cigna Local Plus $56.07 ↑ +273%
Cigna PPO $56.07 ↑ +273%
Cigna HMO $56.07 ↑ +273%
First Health Commercial $100.20 ↑ +566%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $118.06 ↑ +684%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $118.06 ↑ +684%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $139.97 ↑ +830%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $151.58 ↑ +907%

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Calcium ionized at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $15.05 $6.43 – $64.82
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $15.05 $6.43 – $56.07
Community Medical Center Toms River $15.05 $6.43 – $56.07
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $15.05 $6.43 – $56.07
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $47.50 $10.94 – $11.27
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $15.05 $6.43 – $56.07
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $15.05 $6.43 – $56.07
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.68 $13.68 – $62.69

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