Perq plmt bile duct stent 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

$5,339.00

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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.

$11,458.00

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.

$2,795.05 with Wellpoint vs $13,673.07 with Wellcare — 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 $2,795.05 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Community Plan $3,160.11 ↓ -41%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $3,220.84 ↓ -40%
Aetna Better Health $3,461.46 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $4,593.92 ↓ -14%
Amerihealth Local Value $4,741.32 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5,137.76 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $5,436.82 ↑ +2%
Aetna HMO $5,845.00 ↑ +9%
Aetna PPO $5,845.00 ↑ +9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $6,096.80 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $6,209.09 ↑ +16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $6,460.02 ↑ +21%
Humana Medicare $6,870.89 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6,870.89 ↑ +29%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $6,870.89 ↑ +29%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6,870.89 ↑ +29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $6,870.89 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare $6,870.89 ↑ +29%
First Health Commercial $6,874.80 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,008.31 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $7,099.00 ↑ +33%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $7,562.28 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,987.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna Local Plus $8,014.00 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $8,352.00 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,396.00 ↑ +76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $9,604.09 ↑ +80%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $9,968.46 ↑ +87%
Cigna HMO $10,183.00 ↑ +91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,400.42 ↑ +95%
Cigna PPO $10,725.00 ↑ +101%
Emblem Health Commercial $13,054.69 ↑ +145%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $13,673.07 ↑ +156%

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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $2,159.81 – $12,752.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $4,593.92 – $13,091.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $4,593.92 – $12,688.76
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $4,593.92 – $13,025.92
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $2,223.33 – $13,091.38
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $4,593.92 – $12,851.06
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,457.82 $6,457.82 – $7,749.38
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,870.89 $863.90 – $7,214.44

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