Esoph imped funct test > 1hr 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

$472.32

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.

$2,273.00

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.

$272.80 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.

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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 $272.80 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $521.55 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $624.87 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare $624.87 ↑ +32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $624.87 ↑ +32%
Aetna Medicare $624.87 ↑ +32%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $624.87 ↑ +32%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $624.87 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Community Plan $626.89 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Medicare $637.37 ↑ +35%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $638.94 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $686.67 ↑ +45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,019.21 ↑ +116%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,187.25 ↑ +151%
Cigna Local Plus $1,209.00 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,209.46 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,231.73 ↑ +161%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,243.49 ↑ +163%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,281.51 ↑ +171%
First Health Commercial $1,363.80 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,383.12 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,383.12 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $1,536.09 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,607.01 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,607.01 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $1,617.92 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,905.22 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,063.20 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↑ +418%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↑ +482%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↑ +509%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↑ +585%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +784%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +784%

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Esoph imped funct test > 1hr at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $426.64 $210.80 – $1,159.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $579.12 $480.99 – $1,190.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $471.42 $492.58 – $1,153.96
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $241.66 $475.19 – $1,184.63
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $569.28 $217.00 – $1,190.58
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $497.33 $587.30 – $1,168.73
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $587.30 – $704.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $624.87 $499.89 – $727.31

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