Radiation physics consult 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

$344.11

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.

$1,656.00

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.

$60.57 with Wellpoint vs $3,021.00 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $60.57 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $86.36 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $156.36 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $156.36 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $156.36 ↓ -55%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $156.36 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $156.36 ↓ -55%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $156.36 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $159.49 ↓ -54%
Aetna HMO $248.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna PPO $248.00 ↓ -28%
Emblem Health Commercial $297.08 ↓ -14%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $311.16 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Community Plan $456.72 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $465.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $500.27 ↑ +45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $742.55 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $880.82 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $881.15 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $897.38 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $933.65 ↑ +171%
First Health Commercial $993.60 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,007.67 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,007.67 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $1,119.12 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,170.79 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,170.79 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $1,178.74 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,388.05 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,503.15 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +646%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +646%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +778%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +778%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $310.83 $46.81 – $677.71
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $355.78 $86.36 – $297.92
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $324.40 $86.36 – $296.43
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $362.33 $86.36 – $292.45
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $146.96 $146.96 – $21,431.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $156.36 $78.29 – $3,250.00

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