Rmvl sq defib electrode 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.

$6,747.00

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.

$224.91 with Wellpoint vs $46,055.00 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 $224.91 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,860.82 ↓ -65%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,896.58 ↓ -64%
Aetna Better Health $2,038.26 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,025.35 ↓ -43%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,590.07 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,656.19 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,803.95 ↓ -29%
First Health Commercial $4,048.20 ↓ -24%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $4,285.86 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare $4,285.86 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare $4,285.86 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $4,285.86 ↓ -20%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $4,285.86 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $4,285.86 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare $4,371.58 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,655.33 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $6,124.25 ↑ +15%
Emblem Health Commercial $8,143.13 ↑ +53%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $8,528.86 ↑ +60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $17,047.00 ↑ +219%
Cigna Local Plus $23,876.00 ↑ +347%
Cigna HMO $30,338.00 ↑ +468%
Cigna PPO $31,953.00 ↑ +498%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $34,797.00 ↑ +552%
Aetna HMO $38,166.00 ↑ +615%
Aetna PPO $38,166.00 ↑ +615%
United Healthcare Nexus $39,147.00 ↑ +633%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $40,938.00 ↑ +667%
United Healthcare Commercial $46,055.00 ↑ +763%
Amerihealth Local Value not published by hospital
Amerihealth Regional Preferred not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital

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Rmvl sq defib electrode at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $173.80 – $7,954.64
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $4,083.00 – $8,166.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $3,977.32 – $7,914.87
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $4,083.00 – $8,125.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $178.91 – $8,166.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $4,028.20 – $8,016.12
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,028.20 $4,028.20 – $4,833.83
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,285.86 $726.44 – $4,541.28

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