Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$45.85

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.

$300.00

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.

$19.59 with United Healthcare vs $272.31 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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 $19.59 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $19.59 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $22.92 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.92 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $32.60 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Community Plan $35.01 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $35.67 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $41.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $41.68 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $41.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $41.68 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $41.68 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $41.68 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.51 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $44.01 ↓ -4%
Aetna HMO $50.02 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $50.02 ↑ +9%
Emblem Health Commercial $79.19 ↑ +73%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $82.94 ↑ +81%
Aetna Better Health $90.63 ↑ +98%
Amerihealth Local Value $93.77 ↑ +105%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $93.77 ↑ +105%
Cigna Local Plus $169.57 ↑ +270%
Cigna PPO $169.57 ↑ +270%
Cigna HMO $169.57 ↑ +270%
First Health Commercial $180.00 ↑ +293%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $212.10 ↑ +363%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $212.10 ↑ +363%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $251.46 ↑ +448%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $272.31 ↑ +494%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $45.85 $19.59 – $169.57
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $45.85 $19.59 – $169.57
Community Medical Center Toms River $45.85 $19.59 – $169.57
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $45.85 $19.59 – $169.57
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $45.85 $19.59 – $169.57
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $45.85 $19.59 – $169.57
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $41.68 $41.68 – $190.99
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $41.68 $29.56 – $187.16

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