Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion MRI guide 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

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.

$1,960.00

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.

$327.25 with Wellpoint vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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 $327.25 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan $540.56 ↓ -90%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $550.95 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health $592.11 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Local Value $811.04 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $878.86 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $930.02 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,042.91 ↓ -80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,062.12 ↓ -80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,105.04 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial $1,176.00 ↓ -78%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,385.72 ↓ -74%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,385.72 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,642.87 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,779.09 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%

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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion MRI guide at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $252.88 – $912.99
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $260.32 – $260.32
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $112.59 – $112.59
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $267.75 – $267.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $129.15 – $129.15
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $125.68 – $125.68
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $129.15 – $129.15

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