Esoph balloon distension tst at Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856
$421.62
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.
$2,029.00
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.
$350.39 with Wellpoint vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 | $350.39 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $559.59 | ↑ +33% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $570.35 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $612.96 | ↑ +45% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $624.87 | ↑ +48% |
| Humana | Medicare | $624.87 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $624.87 | ↑ +48% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $624.87 | ↑ +48% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $624.87 | ↑ +48% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $624.87 | ↑ +48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $637.37 | ↑ +51% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $892.39 | ↑ +112% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $909.80 | ↑ +116% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,079.22 | ↑ +156% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,079.63 | ↑ +156% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,099.51 | ↑ +161% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,143.95 | ↑ +171% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,187.25 | ↑ +182% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,217.40 | ↑ +189% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $1,234.64 | ↑ +193% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $1,234.64 | ↑ +193% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,243.49 | ↑ +195% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,371.19 | ↑ +225% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $1,434.50 | ↑ +240% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,434.50 | ↑ +240% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,444.24 | ↑ +243% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,700.70 | ↑ +303% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,841.72 | ↑ +337% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,445.00 | ↑ +480% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,751.00 | ↑ +552% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,877.00 | ↑ +582% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,236.00 | ↑ +668% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,174.00 | ↑ +890% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,174.00 | ↑ +890% |
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Esoph balloon distension tst at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $380.84 | $268.80 – $1,159.76 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $480.80 | $595.29 – $1,190.58 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $420.81 | $579.88 – $1,153.96 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $305.51 | $595.29 – $1,184.63 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $472.63 | $278.72 – $1,190.58 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $443.94 | $587.30 – $1,168.73 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $587.30 | $587.30 – $704.76 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $624.87 | $499.89 – $935.15 |