IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$235.43

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.

$1,133.00

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.

$42.39 with Wellpoint vs $1,028.42 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $42.39 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $67.07 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $248.12 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare $248.12 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare $248.12 ↑ +5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $248.12 ↑ +5%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $248.12 ↑ +5%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $248.12 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Medicare $253.08 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $281.00 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Nexus $281.00 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Community Plan $312.48 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $318.48 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $331.00 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Commercial $331.00 ↑ +41%
Aetna Better Health $342.27 ↑ +45%
Emblem Health Commercial $471.43 ↑ +100%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $493.76 ↑ +110%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $508.03 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $602.64 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $602.86 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $613.97 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $638.78 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $668.47 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $668.47 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $679.80 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Local Value $689.43 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $689.43 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $765.68 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $801.03 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $801.03 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $806.46 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $949.68 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,028.42 ↑ +337%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $212.66 $32.75 – $460.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $394.76 $61.85 – $472.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $234.98 $63.34 – $458.22
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $247.82 $61.11 – $470.40
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $388.06 $33.72 – $472.76
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $247.90 $122.21 – $464.07
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $233.20 $233.20 – $875.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $248.12 $112.76 – $1,323.00

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