Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion 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.

$3,839.00

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.

$146.30 with Wellpoint vs $4,523.00 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 $146.30 ↓ -97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $370.80 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,058.79 ↓ -80%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,079.14 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health $1,159.76 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,588.57 ↓ -70%
Cigna Local Plus $1,686.00 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,721.40 ↓ -68%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,821.60 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $1,829.42 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare $1,829.42 ↓ -66%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↓ -66%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,829.42 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,866.01 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,042.73 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,080.35 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $2,142.00 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,164.42 ↓ -59%
Cigna PPO $2,256.00 ↓ -58%
First Health Commercial $2,303.40 ↓ -57%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,700.00 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,217.84 ↓ -40%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,339.93 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↓ -36%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,475.90 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,484.66 ↓ -35%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,640.55 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↓ -15%

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Removal central venous device tunneled w/port/pump central/peripheral insertion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $113.05 – $3,395.44
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Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $350.20 – $3,378.46
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $337.84 – $3,468.25
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $116.37 – $3,485.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $675.68 – $3,421.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,719.44 $1,719.44 – $2,063.33
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,829.42 $398.25 – $1,920.90

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