In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain 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

$88.10

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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.

$424.00

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.

$49.05 with United Healthcare vs $403.08 with Cigna — 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
United Healthcare Nexus $49.05 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $49.05 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Commercial $57.37 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $57.37 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $70.50 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Community Plan $114.41 ↑ +30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $115.85 ↑ +31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $115.85 ↑ +31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $115.85 ↑ +31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $115.85 ↑ +31%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $116.59 ↑ +32%
Aetna Better Health $128.09 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $143.83 ↑ +63%
Aetna PPO $173.02 ↑ +96%
Aetna HMO $173.02 ↑ +96%
First Health Commercial $254.40 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Local Value $258.00 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $258.00 ↑ +193%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $299.76 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $299.76 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $355.39 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $384.86 ↑ +337%
Cigna Local Plus $403.08 ↑ +358%
Cigna HMO $403.08 ↑ +358%
Cigna PPO $403.08 ↑ +358%

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In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $57.00 $49.05 – $403.08
Community Medical Center Toms River $87.93 $49.05 – $403.08
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $53.50 $49.05 – $403.08
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $56.03 $49.05 – $403.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $92.77 $49.05 – $403.08
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $44.08 $49.05 – $403.08
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $100.78 $49.05 – $403.08
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $57.37 $49.05 – $403.08

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →