Explore/irrigate tear ducts 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

$5,339.00

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.

$3,881.00

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.

$17.77 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 $17.77 ↓ -100%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $20.16 ↓ -100%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $352.04 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $352.04 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $352.04 ↓ -93%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $352.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $352.04 ↓ -93%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $352.04 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $359.08 ↓ -93%
Emblem Health Commercial $668.88 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $700.56 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,070.37 ↓ -80%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,090.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health $1,172.45 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,605.95 ↓ -70%
Cigna Local Plus $1,686.00 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,841.53 ↓ -66%
Cigna HMO $2,142.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna PPO $2,256.00 ↓ -58%
First Health Commercial $2,328.60 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -54%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,700.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,253.05 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,522.78 ↓ -34%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia not published by hospital

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