Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856
$1,712.68
Cash price 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.
$8,242.00
Gross charge 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.
$125.00 with Wellpoint vs $7,481.26 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $125.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $187.93 | ↓ -89% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $331.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $331.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $331.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $331.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $580.29 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,070.45 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,070.45 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,070.45 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $2,273.14 | ↑ +33% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $2,316.82 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $2,489.90 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $3,706.68 | ↑ +116% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $3,706.68 | ↑ +116% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $3,706.68 | ↑ +116% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $3,706.68 | ↑ +116% |
| Humana | Medicare | $3,706.68 | ↑ +116% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $3,706.68 | ↑ +116% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $3,780.81 | ↑ +121% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $3,991.82 | ↑ +133% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $3,991.82 | ↑ +133% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $4,378.62 | ↑ +156% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,378.62 | ↑ +156% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,862.78 | ↑ +184% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,862.78 | ↑ +184% |
| First Health | Commercial | $4,945.20 | ↑ +189% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $5,827.09 | ↑ +240% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $6,908.44 | ↑ +303% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $7,042.69 | ↑ +311% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $7,376.29 | ↑ +331% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $7,481.26 | ↑ +337% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $1,547.02 | $96.59 – $6,879.68 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $1,709.39 | $187.93 – $6,845.28 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,483.84 | $457.48 – $7,747.94 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,706.68 | $170.36 – $8,849.68 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,439.84 | $457.48 – $3,439.84 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,486.86 | $955.21 – $8,205.81 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,483.84 | $457.48 – $3,797.39 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $3,706.68 | $187.93 – $7,747.94 |