Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini 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.

$6,849.00

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.

$1,201.53 with Wellpoint vs $10,725.00 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.

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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 $1,201.53 ↓ -77%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,865.63 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,888.95 ↓ -65%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,925.25 ↓ -64%
Aetna Better Health $2,069.08 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,071.09 ↓ -42%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,644.35 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,711.47 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare $3,821.05 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare $3,821.05 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,821.05 ↓ -28%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,821.05 ↓ -28%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,821.05 ↓ -28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,821.05 ↓ -28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,861.46 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,897.47 ↓ -27%
First Health Commercial $4,109.40 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $4,791.00 ↓ -10%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,842.24 ↓ -9%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,842.24 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Nexus $5,390.00 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $5,637.00 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,740.83 ↑ +8%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $6,216.83 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,341.00 ↑ +19%
Aetna PPO $6,680.00 ↑ +25%
Aetna HMO $6,680.00 ↑ +25%
Emblem Health Commercial $7,260.00 ↑ +36%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,603.89 ↑ +42%
Cigna Local Plus $8,014.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna HMO $10,183.00 ↑ +91%
Cigna PPO $10,725.00 ↑ +101%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj crv-thr w/img ini at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $928.46 – $7,091.94
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,720.52 – $7,280.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $1,761.98 – $7,056.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,699.79 – $7,243.98
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $955.76 – $7,280.38
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $3,399.59 – $7,146.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,821.05 $904.20 – $4,012.10

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