Echo stress at Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856
$529.26
Cash price 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.
$2,547.00
Gross charge 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.
$124.28 with Wellpoint vs $2,101.32 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $124.28 | ↓ -77% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $231.24 | ↓ -56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $231.24 | ↓ -56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $231.24 | ↓ -56% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $231.24 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $638.47 | ↑ +21% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $645.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare | $645.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $645.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $645.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $645.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $645.71 | ↑ +22% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $650.74 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $658.62 | ↑ +24% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $699.36 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $719.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $719.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $846.00 | ↑ +60% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $846.00 | ↑ +60% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $896.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,226.85 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,231.34 | ↑ +133% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,284.96 | ↑ +143% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,365.85 | ↑ +158% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,365.85 | ↑ +158% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,389.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,408.67 | ↑ +166% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,408.67 | ↑ +166% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,564.47 | ↑ +196% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,636.70 | ↑ +209% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $1,636.70 | ↑ +209% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,647.81 | ↑ +211% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,940.43 | ↑ +267% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,101.32 | ↑ +297% |
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Echo stress at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $478.07 | $96.03 – $1,198.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $539.70 | $231.24 – $1,230.30 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $528.24 | $231.24 – $1,192.47 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $536.63 | $231.24 – $1,224.15 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $530.54 | $98.86 – $1,230.30 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $557.28 | $308.32 – $1,207.71 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,305.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $329.14 – $5,399.00 |