Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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

$774.47

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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.

$3,727.00

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.

$248.94 with Amerihealth vs $3,382.99 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
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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
Amerihealth Local Value $248.94 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $248.94 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $269.86 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $329.87 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $477.06 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $477.06 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $477.06 ↓ -38%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $477.06 ↓ -38%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $633.90 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare $633.90 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare $633.90 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $633.90 ↓ -18%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $633.90 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $633.90 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare $646.58 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $676.03 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Nexus $676.03 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $745.73 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $745.73 ↓ -4%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $805.00 ↑ +4%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $829.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna PPO $944.36 ↑ +22%
Aetna HMO $944.36 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,027.90 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,047.65 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $1,125.92 ↑ +45%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,204.41 ↑ +56%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,261.46 ↑ +63%
Cigna Local Plus $1,857.03 ↑ +140%
Cigna HMO $1,857.03 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $1,857.03 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $2,236.20 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,123.97 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,382.99 ↑ +337%

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Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $699.55 $208.53 – $1,857.03
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $495.84 $248.94 – $1,857.03
Community Medical Center Toms River $772.97 $248.94 – $1,857.03
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $563.08 $249.42 – $1,857.03
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $487.42 $214.66 – $1,857.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $815.46 $248.94 – $1,857.03
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $354.06 – $1,445.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $633.90 $299.03 – $1,513.47

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