Therapy photodnmc lght dstr lsn skn by staff rx per day 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

$84.36

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.

$406.00

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.

$70.20 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,174.00 with Aetna — 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $70.20 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $93.32 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Community Plan $111.97 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $114.12 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $122.65 ↑ +45%
Amerihealth Local Value $168.00 ↑ +99%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $182.05 ↑ +116%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $192.64 ↑ +128%
Cigna Local Plus $215.95 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $216.03 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $220.01 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $228.90 ↑ +171%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $234.00 ↑ +177%
Humana Medicare $234.00 ↑ +177%
Aetna Medicare $234.00 ↑ +177%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $234.00 ↑ +177%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $234.00 ↑ +177%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $234.00 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Medicare $238.68 ↑ +183%
First Health Commercial $243.60 ↑ +189%
Cigna HMO $274.37 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $287.04 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $287.04 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $288.99 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $340.30 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $368.52 ↑ +337%
Emblem Health Commercial $444.60 ↑ +427%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $465.66 ↑ +452%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↑ +2798%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↑ +3161%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↑ +3310%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↑ +3736%
Aetna PPO $4,174.00 ↑ +4848%
Aetna HMO $4,174.00 ↑ +4848%

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