Photochemotherapy puva 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

$62.54

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.

$301.00

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.

$41.54 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $273.21 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $41.54 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $68.79 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $69.95 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare $69.95 ↑ +12%
Aetna Medicare $69.95 ↑ +12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $69.95 ↑ +12%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $69.95 ↑ +12%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $69.95 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Medicare $71.35 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Community Plan $83.01 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $84.61 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Nexus $86.68 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $86.68 ↑ +39%
Aetna Better Health $90.93 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Commercial $101.73 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $101.73 ↑ +63%
Emblem Health Commercial $132.91 ↑ +113%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $134.96 ↑ +116%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $139.20 ↑ +123%
Cigna Local Plus $160.10 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $160.16 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $163.11 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $169.70 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $177.59 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $177.59 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $180.60 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Local Value $183.15 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $183.15 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $203.41 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $212.80 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $212.80 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $214.25 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $252.29 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $273.21 ↑ +337%

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Photochemotherapy puva at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $65.75 – $78.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $55.96 – $183.96
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $64.92 $59.40 – $173.70
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $65.80 $46.16 – $183.96
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $65.75 $65.75 – $173.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $69.95 $45.47 – $183.96
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $65.80 $57.70 – $183.96
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $65.75 $65.75 – $173.70

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