Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$993.07

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.

$4,779.00

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.

$55.60 with Wellpoint vs $17,890.00 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 $55.60 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $239.58 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,318.04 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,343.37 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $1,443.73 ↑ +45%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare $1,829.42 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare $1,829.42 ↑ +84%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↑ +84%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↑ +84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,866.01 ↑ +88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,142.90 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,494.00 ↑ +151%
Cigna Local Plus $2,541.95 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,542.90 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,589.74 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,694.40 ↑ +171%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,806.00 ↑ +183%
First Health Commercial $2,867.40 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,934.00 ↑ +195%
Cigna HMO $3,229.64 ↑ +225%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,301.00 ↑ +232%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,378.75 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,378.75 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $3,401.69 ↑ +243%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,475.90 ↑ +250%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,640.55 ↑ +267%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,005.75 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,337.89 ↑ +337%
Aetna PPO $17,890.00 ↑ +1701%
Aetna HMO $17,890.00 ↑ +1701%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital

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Insert swan-ganz cath at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $897.01 $42.96 – $3,395.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,012.67 $220.95 – $3,485.68
Community Medical Center Toms River $991.16 $226.27 – $3,378.46
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $572.83 $218.28 – $3,468.25
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $995.46 $44.23 – $3,485.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,719.44 $1,719.44 – $2,063.33
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,829.42 $143.65 – $1,920.90
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,697.72 $140.38 – $14,806.00

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