Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$249.36

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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.

$1,200.00

Gross charge

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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.

$89.26 with Wellpoint vs $1,089.24 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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

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 $89.26 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $142.36 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Community Plan $330.96 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $337.32 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $362.52 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $366.72 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare $366.72 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare $366.72 ↑ +47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $366.72 ↑ +47%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $366.72 ↑ +47%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $366.72 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Medicare $374.05 ↑ +50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $538.08 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $638.28 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $638.52 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $650.28 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $676.56 ↑ +171%
Emblem Health Commercial $696.77 ↑ +179%
Aetna HMO $708.00 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $708.00 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $720.00 ↑ +189%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $729.77 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $730.20 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $730.20 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $810.96 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $848.40 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $848.40 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $854.16 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,005.84 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,089.24 ↑ +337%

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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $273.77 $131.29 – $698.74
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $344.68 $344.68 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $366.72 $235.35 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $340.32 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $344.98 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $344.68 $225.39 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $366.72 $155.81 – $1,301.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $344.98 $197.73 – $1,225.00

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