Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

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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.

$6,414.00

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.

$517.61 with Wellpoint vs $10,725.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $517.61 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,768.98 ↓ -67%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,802.97 ↓ -66%
Aetna Better Health $1,937.66 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,654.11 ↓ -50%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,700.00 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,876.03 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,043.44 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,412.88 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,475.74 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,616.21 ↓ -32%
First Health Commercial $3,848.40 ↓ -28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $4,156.03 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $4,156.03 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare $4,156.03 ↓ -22%
Humana Medicare $4,156.03 ↓ -22%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $4,156.03 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $4,156.03 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare $4,239.15 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,791.00 ↓ -10%
Aetna PPO $5,009.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna HMO $5,009.00 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,376.21 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,390.00 ↑ +1%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $5,580.18 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,637.00 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,821.98 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,341.00 ↑ +19%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,896.46 ↑ +48%
Cigna Local Plus $8,014.00 ↑ +50%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $8,270.50 ↑ +55%
Cigna HMO $10,183.00 ↑ +91%
Cigna PPO $10,725.00 ↑ +101%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $399.97 – $7,713.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $3,959.32 – $7,918.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $3,856.84 – $7,675.11
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $3,959.32 – $7,879.05
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $411.74 – $7,918.64
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $3,906.18 – $7,773.30
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,906.18 $3,906.18 – $4,687.41
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,156.03 $421.26 – $4,363.83

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