Platelets each unit 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

$369.46

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.

$1,778.00

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.

$89.46 with Fidelis Care vs $2,587.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $89.46 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare $89.46 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $89.46 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $89.46 ↓ -76%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $89.46 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $89.46 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $91.25 ↓ -75%
Emblem Health Commercial $169.97 ↓ -54%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $178.03 ↓ -52%
Aetna Better Health $537.13 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $616.61 ↑ +67%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $797.25 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $945.71 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $946.07 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $963.49 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,002.43 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $1,049.02 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $1,049.02 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $1,066.80 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,081.91 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,081.91 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $1,201.57 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,257.04 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,257.04 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $1,265.58 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,490.31 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,613.89 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,199.00 ↑ +495%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,199.00 ↑ +495%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +600%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +600%

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Platelets each unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $333.73 $83.02 – $166.04
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $376.75 $85.22 – $170.44
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $353.64 $85.22 – $169.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $370.35 $85.22 – $170.44
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $84.15 $75.96 – $382.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $84.08 $84.08 – $380.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $89.46 $89.46 – $907.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $84.15 $84.15 – $353.00

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