Intracranial complete study 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

$361.57

Cash price

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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.

$1,740.00

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.

$185.63 with Wellpoint vs $2,452.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $185.63 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $284.66 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $284.66 ↓ -21%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $284.66 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare $284.66 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $284.66 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $284.66 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare $290.35 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Community Plan $479.89 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $489.11 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $525.65 ↑ +45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $529.20 ↑ +46%
Emblem Health Commercial $540.85 ↑ +50%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $566.47 ↑ +57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $780.21 ↑ +116%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $925.85 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $942.90 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $981.01 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $1,026.60 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $1,026.60 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $1,044.00 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,058.79 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,058.79 ↑ +193%
Cigna Local Plus $1,192.64 ↑ +230%
Cigna PPO $1,192.64 ↑ +230%
Cigna HMO $1,192.64 ↑ +230%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,230.18 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,230.18 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,458.46 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,579.39 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,084.00 ↑ +476%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,084.00 ↑ +476%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +578%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +578%

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Intracranial complete study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $294.96 $271.19 – $1,192.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $360.87 $264.17 – $1,192.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $289.95 $147.66 – $1,192.64
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $1,207.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $227.73 – $4,324.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $241.72 – $1,179.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $241.72 – $1,573.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $267.55 – $1,271.00

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