Special teletx port plan 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

$593.47

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.

$2,856.00

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.

$62.98 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 $62.98 ↓ -89%
Aetna PPO $122.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $122.20 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $167.28 ↓ -72%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $384.32 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $431.11 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare $431.11 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $431.11 ↓ -27%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $431.11 ↓ -27%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $431.11 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $431.11 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare $439.73 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan $787.68 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $802.82 ↑ +35%
Emblem Health Commercial $819.11 ↑ +38%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $857.91 ↑ +45%
Aetna Better Health $862.79 ↑ +45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,280.63 ↑ +116%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,519.67 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,547.66 ↑ +161%
Cigna Local Plus $1,566.00 ↑ +164%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,610.21 ↑ +171%
First Health Commercial $1,713.60 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,737.87 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,737.87 ↑ +193%
Cigna HMO $1,990.00 ↑ +235%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,019.19 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $2,096.00 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,393.89 ↑ +303%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +333%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +333%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,592.39 ↑ +337%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +409%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +409%

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Special teletx port plan at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $536.07 $48.66 – $1,976.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $629.34 $125.78 – $1,969.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $592.33 $115.39 – $2,352.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $586.55 $125.78 – $1,440.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $618.65 $50.10 – $1,555.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $624.89 $118.77 – $1,715.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $405.19 $405.19 – $2,774.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $431.11 $126.82 – $3,250.00

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