CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast 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

$418.30

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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.

$2,013.00

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.

$109.30 with Wellpoint vs $1,827.20 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $109.30 ↓ -74%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare $125.23 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $125.23 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -70%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $125.23 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare $127.73 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -58%
Cigna Local Plus $221.00 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $225.50 ↓ -46%
Emblem Health Commercial $237.94 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $249.21 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $274.32 ↓ -34%
Aetna PPO $274.32 ↓ -34%
Cigna HMO $281.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO $296.00 ↓ -29%
Amerihealth Local Value $337.05 ↓ -19%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $337.05 ↓ -19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $435.98 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $435.98 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $435.98 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $435.98 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Community Plan $555.18 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $565.85 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $608.12 ↑ +45%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $704.00 ↑ +68%
First Health Commercial $1,207.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,687.29 ↑ +303%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,796.00 ↑ +329%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,827.20 ↑ +337%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $377.84 $84.46 – $454.73
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $426.55 $119.31 – $726.00
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $440.44 $117.70 – $726.00
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