Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at Jersey City Medical Center
355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856
$5,339.00
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.
$2,559.00
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.
$149.48 with Wellpoint vs $8,323.00 with Cigna — 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 | $149.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $236.84 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $705.77 | ↓ -87% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $719.33 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $773.07 | ↓ -86% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,147.45 | ↓ -79% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,361.64 | ↓ -74% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $1,386.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $1,442.76 | ↓ -73% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,535.40 | ↓ -71% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $1,829.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare | $1,829.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $1,829.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,829.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $1,829.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,829.42 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,866.01 | ↓ -65% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,144.95 | ↓ -60% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,322.80 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,494.00 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,806.00 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,934.00 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,301.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $3,475.90 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $3,640.55 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | HMO | $5,009.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | PPO | $5,009.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $6,219.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | HMO | $7,902.00 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | PPO | $8,323.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | not published by hospital | — |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $115.50 – $3,395.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $218.42 – $3,485.68 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $223.69 – $3,378.46 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $215.79 – $3,468.25 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $118.90 – $3,485.68 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $431.58 – $3,421.69 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,719.44 | $1,719.44 – $2,063.33 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,829.42 | $479.79 – $1,920.90 |