Ecg external < 48 hours 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

$377.15

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.

$1,815.00

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.

$12.49 with Wellpoint vs $1,647.47 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $12.49 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare $151.80 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $151.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $151.80 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $151.80 ↓ -60%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $151.80 ↓ -60%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $151.80 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $154.84 ↓ -59%
Emblem Health Commercial $288.42 ↓ -24%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $302.08 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $302.40 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $382.00 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Nexus $382.00 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $449.00 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Commercial $449.00 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Community Plan $500.57 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $510.19 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $548.31 ↑ +45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $813.84 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $965.39 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $965.76 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $983.54 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,023.29 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $1,070.85 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $1,070.85 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $1,089.00 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,104.42 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,104.42 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $1,226.57 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,283.20 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,283.20 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $1,291.91 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,521.33 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,647.47 ↑ +337%

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $340.67 $9.65 – $281.74
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $384.59 $144.62 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $376.43 $140.87 – $280.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $279.45 $144.62 – $287.79
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $378.06 $9.93 – $289.24
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $397.12 $142.67 – $283.91
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $1,008.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $151.80 $33.35 – $5,218.00

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