Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$190.55

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.

$917.00

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.

$138.49 with Wellpoint vs $1,187.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $138.49 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare $184.26 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $184.26 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare $184.26 ↓ -3%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $184.26 ↓ -3%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $184.26 ↓ -3%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $184.26 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare $187.95 ↓ -1%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $235.80 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Community Plan $252.90 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $257.76 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $277.02 ↑ +45%
Emblem Health Commercial $350.09 ↑ +84%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $366.68 ↑ +92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $411.18 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $487.75 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $487.93 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $496.92 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $517.00 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $541.03 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $541.03 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $550.20 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $557.99 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $557.99 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $619.70 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $648.31 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $648.31 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $652.72 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $768.62 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $832.36 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,009.00 ↑ +430%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,009.00 ↑ +430%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,187.00 ↑ +523%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,187.00 ↑ +523%

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $147.41 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $173.18 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $184.26 – $1,301.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $173.33 $173.33 – $1,225.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $173.18 $173.18 – $992.00

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