Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$576.22

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.

$2,773.00

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.

$216.56 with Wellpoint vs $2,517.05 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 $216.56 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $264.17 ↓ -54%
Amerihealth Local Value $353.83 ↓ -39%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $353.83 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $442.13 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $442.13 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $442.13 ↓ -23%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $442.13 ↓ -23%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $473.22 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare $473.22 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare $473.22 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $473.22 ↓ -18%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $473.22 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $473.22 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare $482.68 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +1%
Aetna PPO $703.57 ↑ +22%
Aetna HMO $703.57 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Community Plan $764.79 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $779.49 ↑ +35%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $805.00 ↑ +40%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $829.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna Better Health $837.72 ↑ +45%
Emblem Health Commercial $899.12 ↑ +56%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $941.71 ↑ +63%
Cigna Local Plus $1,381.52 ↑ +140%
Cigna HMO $1,381.52 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $1,381.52 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $1,663.80 ↑ +189%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,324.32 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,517.05 ↑ +337%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $520.49 $167.34 – $1,381.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $522.12 $264.17 – $1,381.52
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $513.25 $172.26 – $1,381.52
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $606.73 $264.17 – $1,381.52
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $444.77 – $1,074.58
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $239.48 – $1,166.24

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